Finally the ‘experts’ say what most people have known for months / years – Peter
The Hague: The world’s biggest academic association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, the organisation’s president said.
Eighty-six per cent of those who voted among the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars backed the resolution declaring Israel’s “policies and actions in Gaza” had met the legal definition set out in Article II of the 1948 UN convention on genocide. The Guardian reported that 28 per cent of the association’s members took part in the vote.
“This is a definitive statement from experts in the field of genocide studies that what is going on on the ground in Gaza is genocide,” said IAGS president Melanie O’Brien, a professor of international law at the University of Western Australia who specialises in genocide.
“There is no justification for the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, not even self-defence.”
Israel’s Foreign Ministry called the statement disgraceful and “entirely based on Hamas’ campaign of lies”.
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