a A consensus is being built. December 5th, Amnesty International has concluded In response to the findings that “Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.'' A few days later, The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) states: After research and analysis, it concluded that “there is a legally sound argument that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.”
A few days later, Human Rights Watch (HRW) declares “Israeli authorities are responsible for crimes against humanity and acts of genocide of extermination,” and Reported by Doctors Without Borders. Medical teams in northern Gaza said they had seen clear signs of ethnic cleansing. In early November, HRW also concluded It argued that Israel's actions in Gaza amounted to “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” and appeared to “meet the definition of ethnic cleansing.”
Next, Issuance of arrest warrant Also in November, the International Criminal Court (ICC) sentenced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and all these recent rulings bring the violence in Gaza under international law. The end of the year will be clearly classified as a violation. . They are International Committee of Jurists and united nations He condemned Israel's war. According to the courts and human rights organizations that constitute the world's legal and moral authorities, this country and its head of state are now outlaws.
However, the judgment, strong words and proposed measures echo hollowly and are unenforceable. The US continues to protect and arm Israel from new global agreements. Other proponents use the words loopholes and riddles that we have become accustomed to since the war began. Britain suspended operations small amount But it insists it remains a “loyal ally” of the country and will continue to cooperate with it. Dialogue with Prime Minister Netanyahubut will also somehow still comply with legal obligations. France came up with an impressive legal interpretation that said Prime Minister Netanyahu effectively enjoyed immunity because Israel is not a signatory to the ICC (this interpretation has been used by Vladimir Putin and Omar al-Bashir (Exemptions will also be extended to
Meanwhile, evidence is mounting that Gaza is not just under attack for legal and human rights violations, but also for historic attacks. According to air warsan organization that monitors civilian casualties, said: “By almost any standard, the damage inflicted on civilians in the first month of Israel's military operation in Gaza is unmatched by an air operation in the 21st century. The findings from several months of research work are supplemented by confessions and testimonies from Israeli military personnel. israeli newspaper Haaretz featured accounts Israeli Defense Force soldiers who served in Gaza said civilians, even children, were treated as combatants. The regime of arbitrary and even competitive killings was described as “the Wild West on steroids.”
These descriptions not only capture legal and militaristic methods of engagement, but also include killing, starvation, serious injury, torture And immeasurable psychological trauma.
These investigations have revealed the permutations of suffering that can be inflicted on civilians. small broken body, rotten baby, flattened corpse, mass gravethe area that has been leveled and the violent grief of the bereaved families. It was truly a scene of murder. It all unfolds in plain sight, livestreamed and posted by Palestinian citizens and journalists, witnessed by outsiders, and described by Israelis themselves.
Despite the overwhelming evidence in front of us, nothing still changes. The war continues. What seemed like a landmark event, such as the first trial before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), now resembles an observational exercise. When actors begin to feel that no matter what criminal threshold they break, they may not be stopped or brought to justice, they become deeply disoriented and even overwhelmed.
But the failure lies not in the depiction of what is happening in Gaza. As a failure, Written by Lina Mounserit is “of the rotten substructure of the world in which this language is supposed to function.” The current danger is that Palestinians will die twice. The first time we die in a physical reality, and the second time we die in a moral reality where those in power lower the very standards that make up the world as we know it. Israel's allies refuse to even accept the designations of genocide and ethnic cleansing, let alone act on them, forcing them to adapt to the world and then denying them rights, which are not given by humanity. It simply becomes accepted as given by the party making the decision. human.
That's why this outrage must continue, even if we cut back on note-taking and report writing. Regardless of the semantic acrobatics on the podiums in Europe or the United States, these reports document the fact that a crime is occurring. The rights of the Gazan people may have evaporated on the ground, but they can be maintained as public records. After each war, these accounts will thwart, or at least compromise, attempts to rewrite history and deny atrocities.
As the murders continue, the perfect crime can only be stopped if people stay at the scene, shout out the murders, point at the perpetrators, say the names of the dead, pay their respects, hold wakes, and fiercely defend their rights. be. compensation. When that time comes, the Palestinians will be burdened with a huge reparation debt. A ledger of what they received must be kept.
Refaat Alalil, a Palestinian poet who died in the early days of the Gaza war, wrote: “If I must die, let me bring hope and tell a story.” That hope also lies in not allowing death to pass as just death. It's a fact. If they have to die, make it a crime.
