‘International law’ is an illusion for Palestinians by Ahmad Ibsais

55. A massacre is being carried out in the shadows of media silence. As a Palestinian, the horror of watching the extermination of people crystallizes into a deep feeling of grief, shame and rage at the loss of humanity. And as a law student, I question the very profession I hope to join… You see, when I entered my international law elective in January, a few months after the al-Ahli Arab hospital massacre, and asked my professor about enforcement of international law in what clearly was a war crime, he replied with two things: 1) It is not clear if what is happening in Gaza constitutes war crimes and 2) The enforcement of international law relies on its member states. It was then that I realized that international law itself is a fallacy, an illusion and one that does not apply to Palestinians.