The human rights organization Amnesty International published a report on Thursday accusing Israel of “committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war, calling on the international community not to be “complicit” in it. .
« Month after month,Israel treated Palestinians in Gaza as a group of subhumans, unworthy of respect for human rights and dignity, demonstrating its intention to physically destroy them “, declared the organization's general secretary, Agnès Callamard.
These are 300 pages, very documented. The fruit of 10 months of field investigation, Gaza and analysis of the speeches of Israeli officials. The result is clear according to the authors: Israel is committing genocide on the Palestinians. The NGO explains that it is based on criteria defined by the United Nations Convention on Genocide.
« What we are saying today is that the crime of genocide is no longer a plausible risk, but an ongoing reality.tells RFI Tchérina Jerolon, head of the conflict, migration, justice program at Amnesty International. Our evidence demonstrates that the Israeli authorities committed three of the five acts prohibited by the Genocide Convention: murder, serious harm to physical or mental integrity and the establishment of conditions of existence which are intended to lead to slow and calculated death of the populations of Gaza. »
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