A. a group of well-known public figures related to Israel He accused the country’s judicial authorities of repeatedly turning a blind eye Call for genocide in Gaza It is carried out by a long list of ministers, MPs, soldiers and opinion leaders. In a letter sent state attorney general, The signatories of this site, accessible by El Periódico de Catalunya from the Prensa Ibérica group, have historically guaranteed that: 7 OctoberWhen Hamas Massacred 1,200 people in the Jewish State, “Israel’s rhetoric left its mark” open provocationobvious and unlimited in doing so the most serious crimes imaginable against civilian population Gaza Strip.” The letter is not a formal complaint, but a call for the Ministry of Justice to take action against such statements and bring those responsible to justice.
The 11-page letter has the signatures of former diplomats Alon Liel And Ilan Baruchlike former MPs Mossi Razscientists like it David Hareljournalists love Akiva Eldar And Bradley Burston or like academics Izhak Schnell. Fifteen public figures in total represented by counsel Michael Sfard, specializes in human rights. “There has been absolutely no response from the authorities in Israel,” Sfard told this newspaper. “We believe that this policy must change because such incitement and genocide discourse “Eventually it will turn into actions.” So far more than one 22,500 PalestiniansWhile the vast majority were civilians, two million people were displaced from their homes and much of the region’s infrastructure was destroyed.
The letter compiles some of these statements, but acknowledges that they are no more than a sampling of “hundreds of similar statements made by public figures.” They are calling clearly “Destruction of millions of people” the “ethnic cleansing” of Gaza, “mass deportation” Depopulation or “destruction of entire cities down to their foundations,” according to the letter. Words coming not from marginal figures in political discourse, but from senior government officials, Knesset MPs, prominent rabbis, or television hosts and commentators.
Call for the destruction of Gaza
“Gaza should be razed to the ground and there should be only one punishment for all: death,” said the representative of Jewish Power. Yitzhak KroizerOn Israeli radio days after one of his co-religionists, the Minister, Amichay Eliyahulaunched a nuclear bombardment of the Strip. The letter also includes members’ statements. Likudmatch Benjamin NetanyahuHe called for mass deportation of Palestinians. Nakba Immediate intervention against the enemy or destruction of the area indiscriminate bombings”.
Various ministers Avigdor Liberman He insisted ‘There are no innocents in Gaza’ A thesis defended by the media by a group of journalists and commentators dedicated to encouraging revenge and killing of civilians. laws war. “Every woman is a monster. All young people desire to be martyrs. Every baby will grow up to be a terrorist. “We must eliminate them, kill them, destroy them, destroy them,” he wrote. Yehuda SchlezingerIn one of the examples included in the letter, the political correspondent of the newspaper ‘Israel Hayom’.
“Normalizing discourse that calls for destruction, erasure, demolition, and the like may affect the behavior of soldiers,” the letter warns. The signers remember: Convention Against Genocide Dated 1948, approved by Israel because its national law criminalizes it incitement to genocide like a crime. And they also emphasize that “harming innocent people as revenge” falls within the Israeli definition. “terrorism”“To impart negative characteristics to the entire population of Gaza” means “encouraging racism”.
Indictment at the International Court of Justice
“The justice system not only failed to take action on this issue, but also preferred silence,” the complaint letter reads. It stands in stark contrast to the swift action taken by the prosecutor’s office and the Israeli police to arrest and persecute anonymous citizens as it expresses any comments on the networks that could be interpreted as a gesture of solidarity with Gaza or support for a Hamas terrorist attack.
The letter was sent to the Ministry of Justice days ago. South Africa It officially accuses Israel of genocide before the International Court of Justice, the Hague-based United Nations body tasked with resolving disputes between states. “The South African procedure makes clear to Israeli officials that their inaction has significant consequences.” legal consequences because the same expressions are used to show: genocidal intent”says lawyer Sfard. “So the issue we are raising is not only a moral imperative, it also has legal consequences for Israel.”
The United States also criticized calls this week to expel Palestinians from Gaza, but singled out only two of the Israeli concentration government’s most extreme ministers (Itamar Ben Gvir And Betzalel Smotrich), when this option is one of the official plans the Government is considering. On the same Wednesday, Israel Hayom newspaper published that Netanyahu was in negotiations with many countries, including Israel. CongoTo take care of Palestinians in the region. a policy “voluntary relocation” According to the newspaper, this is “gradually becoming one of the key policies” of the Government.