Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say | Gaza
An overwhelming majority of members of the world’s leading genocide scholars Association supported a decision that stated that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of the crime.
Eighty -six percent of those who voted in the Union of Genocide Scholars (IGs) supported the movement. The decision states that “Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza, the prevention and punishment of the United Nations Genocide offense (1948), in the II.
The three -page decision accepted by the body is the basic for the survival of the population of humanity, hunger; hunger; hunger, hunger, hunger, hunger; hunger;
. resolution Since the attack led by the IGAs on October 7, 2023, the IGS, the Israeli government, has been subjected to systematic and widespread crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocides, including civilians and civilians, including civilians and civilians.
Melanie O’Brien, President of IAS at the University of Western Australia and Professor of International Law, said that the decision is “what is happening in Gaza, one of the experts in the field of genocide studies”.
Founded in 1994, IAGS has a wide range of memberships including academics, historians, political scientists and human rights activists. He adopted previous decisions that define genocide, including historical cases such as the Armenian genocide.
The 1948 UN Convention, which was prepared after the Holocaust, defines the genocide as the actions committed with the intention of destruction of a partial or partly national, ethnic, racial or religious group. The signed states force to take action to prevent and stop such crimes that may include killing the members of a group, imposing serious harm, imposing destructive living conditions, preventing births, or forcing children to transfer children.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry was not responded immediately.
Israel is struggling with allegations of regulating genocide in Gaza in the world’s top court, the International Court of Justice. Separately, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. In addition, Hamas military chief Muhammad Deif issued a arrest order, but after he was killed, he withdrew.
Reuters contributed to this report
