The number of Palestinians who're actively abetting Hamas in their terrorist acts are a small minority compared with the millions of Palestinians living under abject subhuman conditions, and who are now suffering the brunt of Israeli brutalities and atrocities in Gaza. Certainly much smaller than the number of Israelis who're behind the the Likud government's state terrorism.
On the other hand, Israel's actions in Gaza fulfil the hallmarks of genocide.
Lawyers say Israel’s acts against Palestinians in Gaza amount to genocide, call on West to refrain from abetting crimes.
The civil society initiative could result in the issuing of arrest warrants against top Israeli politicians, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
By
Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 15 Nov 202315 Nov 2023
A group of lawyers representing Palestinian victims of Israeli attacks on Gaza have filed a complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC), arguing that Israel’s actions amount to the crime of genocide.
Gilles Devers, a veteran French lawyer and the victims’ representative before the ICC, submitted the complaint to the prosecutor as part of a four-person delegation in the Dutch city of The Hague on Monday.
The civil society initiative could result in arrest warrants being issued against top Israeli politicians, including Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu.
“It is clear for me that there are all the criteria for the crime of genocide,” Devers told Al Jazeera, adding that cases such as ex-Yugoslavia and Rwanda set the precedent against which the complaint had been submitted.
“So this is not my opinion, it’s the reality of law.”
Israel has made no attempt to hide the hallmarks of genocide, the group has argued, by cutting food and electricity to Gaza, attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure and using dehumanising talk that likens people to “animals”.