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"A fresh round of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza which has killed more than 400
Palestinians has destroyed any hope that the ceasefire negotiated in January
would hold. A statement from the child rights group Defence for Children
Palestine claimed that 174 children had been killed in the bombing, claiming:
“Today is one of the deadliest days for Palestinian Children in history.”
The renewed bombing follows repeated violations of the ceasefire terms by
Israel and comes days after a report commissioned by the United Nations said
Israel is “deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about
the physical destruction of Palestinians as a group”. The March 13 report from
the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied
Palestinian Territory examines what it calls Israel’s “systematic use of
sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October
2023”.
The report alleges deliberate acts have been aimed against mothers and
children, including the destruction of Gaza’s main fertility clinic, Basma IVF
clinic, which it said amounted to “a genocidal act under the Rome Statute and
Genocide Convention”. It concluded that “this was done with the intent to
destroy the Palestinians in Gaza as a group, in whole or in part, and that this
is the only inference that could reasonably be drawn from the acts in
question”.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has yet to rule on a case brought by
South Africa in December 2023 accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
In January 2024 it issued a ruling saying that Palestinians in Gaza had
“plausible rights to protection from genocide” and set out provisional measures
that Israel should follow to prevent genocide. There is no evidence that Israel
has heeded this advice.
Addressing the UN human rights committee in October 2024, special rapporteur
Francesca Albanese said she believed it is important to “call a genocide as a
genocide”. While noting the legal position according to the ICJ, we agree with
her on the grounds that a post-hoc judgement of genocide does nothing to
prevent it from occurring."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
