UN Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, International Criminal Court Prosecutor, International Court of Justice President: Investigate the Possibility that Israel is Committing the Crime of Genocide Against the Indigenous Palestinian People.
A message to the American people regarding the public and official stance on the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip. Delivered by Sha'wan Jabarin, General Director of the Palestinian Al-Haq Foundation, in the podcast "Civil Talk." The complete episode is on Youtube. pic.twitter.com/uEpbfqrCLl
“A significant change is underway within the American public and it’s not something that has just begun. However today this transformation is accelerating at a very rapid pace. The new generation is standing on a completely different platform than the previous one, which once boasted about being Zionist and proudly supported the war operations and genocide in Gaza.”
Last year, around 200 Palestinian, regional and international civil society and human rights organizations sent a letter to Prosecutor Khan urging him, to expedite his investigation and start issuing arrest warrants, and to deter crimes in Palestine. The letter highlighted the numerous important missed opportunities for issuing preventive statements in the year before. It also showed that previous preventive statements by former Prosecutors have proven to provide sufficient deterrence in Palestine. Unfortunately, the ICC Prosecutor did not heed the calls of these organisations, the perpetuation of international crimes against Palestinians continued and impunity has been prevailing leading to the current situation where we have a genocide unfolding before our eyes in the Gaza Strip. It remains a mystery why the Prosecutor refused to issue any statements before the 7th of October. Notably, regarding Ukraine, the Prosecutor issuedthreestatements in the first week alone.
