"Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide in Gaza. That is the conclusion of a UN commission report. Since the release of the report last week, Palestine has finally been recognised as an independent state by the UK and a number of other countries. In his announcement at the weekend, Keir Starmer called the death and destruction in Gaza utterly intolerable. This recognition comes too late and is still conditional, but has the UK government indeed now stopped tolerating Israel's devastation of Gaza?"
"As a lawyer who has spent my life believing in the rule of law, this makes me wonder: will Gaza's destruction also bring with it the death of international law? From the very beginning, all one had to do was look at the words of Israel's leaders to see that the intent to commit genocide was there. Israeli ministers and politicians promised that Gaza would be flattened, placed under siege and starved."
"The bombardments have been merciless and wide, targeting schools, homes and hospitals. And the majority of Israel's victims are children and women. Maiming, starvation, lack of medical care and death have been people's daily experiences in Gaza. Nobody has acted to stop it. Palestinian suffering has been livestreamed for the world to watch. Israel has shown exactly what it is doing to trapped Palestinians. Despite the killing of many brave journalists, others have continued to show the reality: the genocide has been broadcast straight"
A UN commission concluded that Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide in Gaza. The UK and several other countries recognised Palestine as an independent state, but recognition is conditional and belated. Mass displacement, siege, bombardment, starvation and killing continue in Gaza City despite international findings. Public statements by Israeli ministers indicated intent to flatten Gaza, impose a siege and starve the population. Bombardments have targeted schools, homes and hospitals, and the majority of victims are children and women. Maiming, starvation, lack of medical care and death are daily realities while governments have not stopped the violence.
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