Thread by @NimerSultany

South Africa's submission to UNSC in Feb. 2025 did not receive the attention it deserves. This is one of the most publicly-available comprehensive documentation of Israel's intent to commit to genocide as evidenced by its pattern of conduct and statements. 🧵 1/

2) South Africa highlights 10 patterns of conduct that are prevalent from the publicly available evidence and that indicate the existence of a genocidal intent:

3) A. The pattern of Israel targeting the vulnerable, including children, women, the wounded and disabled, and those who have repeatedly been displaced and are seeking shelter

4) B. The pattern of Israel denying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza and the associated policy of starvation of that community

5) C. The pattern of Israel creating unbearable living conditions for the Palestinian population of Gaza

6) D. The pattern of Israel targeting those trying to help and protect Palestinians, including medical and humanitarian personnel.

7) E. The pattern of Israel’s destruction of Palestinian life in Gaza

8) F. The pattern of Israel’s forcible transfer and displacement of Palestinians in and out of Gaza

9) G. Israel’s practice of complete disregard for the laws of war: Israel’s systematic and sustained lack of compliance with the most basic rules of international humanitarian law is further evidence of a breach of Article II of the Genocide Convention

10) H. Israel’s failure to distinguish between civilians and those actively involved in hostilities

11) I. The pattern of Israel supporting, tolerating and encouraging the commission of crimes against Palestinians.

12) J. The pattern of impunity for the perpetrators of crimes committed in pursuance of Israel’s other identified patterns of atrocity.

13) Secondly, the S.A. submissions documents statements of genocidal intent and incitement to genocide

14) The Annex I comprising these statements is extensive and includes a. statements by senior Israeli governmental officials

15) b. Incitement to Genocide by Members of the Knesset

16) Annex II. Genocidal intent and Incitement by senior military officials

17) It also documents dehumanising statements by Israeli soldiers, including assertions that there are ‘No Innocents’ or ‘No Uninvolved’ in Gaza

18) It also documents soldiers encouraging the violation of international law, "advocating and inciting dehumanising conduct, war crimes, and atrocity crimes."

19) It also documents "Israeli senior officers and soldiers have openly and explicitly called for the total destruction, erasure, and wiping out of Gaza"

20) It also documents soldiers' calls for the extermination of Palestinians in Gaza

21) It also documents soldiers' "Calls for Conditions of Life Calculated to Bring About Palestinians in Gaza’s Destruction

22) It also documents soldiers' calls for the destruction of Palestinian identity

23) it also documents the "Invocation by Israeli Soldiers of the 1948 Nakba of the Palestinians and Calls for the Israeli Settlement of Gaza"

24) It also documents "Israel’s Rewarding of Soldiers Engaging in Genocidal Rhetoric and Soldiers’ Impunity"

25) Annex III documents incitement to genocide

26) Including incitement by Israeli civic leaders

27) "Incitement to Genocide by Former Military and Intelligence Officials"

28) "Incitement to Genocide by Israeli Journalists and Political Pundits"

29) "Incitement to Genocide in Parts of Broader Israeli Society"

30) This important resource is available here:

/End.docs.un.org/S/2025/130