UN envoy accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza — RT World News
Israel's actions in Gaza amount to genocide for at least three reasons, according to a report by Francesca Albanese, special rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council, which was leaked to the public on Monday.
Albanese was scheduled to present her report to the council on Tuesday. The pro-Israel United Nations Monitoring Organization obtained Advance copy From the document and to publish Online, accusing her of anti-Semitism.
“The overwhelming nature and scale of the Israeli attack on Gaza and the devastating living conditions it has imposed reveal the intent to physically destroy Palestinians as a group.” Albanese wrote in the report, titled “Anatomy of Genocide.”
She said that Israel has “Destroyed Gaza” Over the past five months, more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed, 70% of residential areas destroyed and 80% of the Strip's population displaced.
there “Reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating that Israel has committed the crime of genocide has been met.” The report said. Israel was accused of violating three standards of the Genocide Convention: killing members of the community, and annexation “Serious mental or physical harm” For the group, and “Intentionally subjecting a group to living conditions intended to bring about its physical destruction, in whole or in part.”
Albanese quoted this as saying that it is evidence of Israeli intentions 'Genocide diatribe' Coming from Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari, Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter, Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu, Likud MK Revital Gottlieb, as well as others.
The Israeli diplomatic mission in Geneva denounced the report “obscene” And “It is merely an extension of a campaign that seeks to undermine the establishment of the Jewish state.”
“The war that Israel is waging is against Hamas, not against Palestinian civilians.” The mission told AFP in a statement.
According to Albanese, the Israeli military treated the entire Gaza Strip as either terrorist or terrorist-supporting, meaning that “No Palestinian in Gaza is safe by definition.” It also framed the events of the past five months as… “An escalating phase in the long-term settler-colonial process of erasure.” Defining genocide as an integral part of the ideology and practice of settler colonialism.
Following a petition filed by South Africa, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to do everything in its power to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. Albanese's report may have legal implications for the case.
The Gaza-based Hamas movement attacked surrounding Israeli positions and towns on October 7 last year, killing an estimated 1,200 Israelis and capturing 250 others. Netanyahu responded by declaring war on the Palestinian movement.
The United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Al-Albani to the position “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967” In March 2022.
