Israel’s Genocide in Gaza: The UN Report
In mid-September, the UN issued a report stating that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel vehemently denies the charge. Genocide is the crime of crimes. It is a highly charged and loaded word. To verify it requires clear and unambiguous evidence. The term was coined by the Polish Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin. Genocide combines the Greek prefix “genos” (race, tribe) with the Latin suffix “cide” (killing). Lemkin was aware of the Armenian genocide carried out by the Turks earlier in the 20th century. During the Holocaust, he lost many family members. Lemkin and others were responsible for the Genocide Convention, which was passed unanimously by the UN in 1948. In addition to the recently released UN report, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, as well as two prominent Israeli rights organizations, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, declared that Israel’s military actions in Gaza constitute genocide.
Speakers
Navi Pillay
Navi Pillay is Chair of the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
Chris Sidoti
Chris Sidoti is a member of the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
Irene Kahn
Irene Khan is the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression.
Janine –
I can’t imagine the horror of dealing with the attacks on Oct. 7, but yes, thank you for the show portraying the obvious fact that genocide is being committed against the Palestinian people. It’s horrendous and it just seems like Net. should have been thrown in jail when he was speaking at the UN. It’s pretty pathetic that it’s taken 3 years and the murder of 65 thousand people in addition to as the interviews shared, all those with life-long injuries. I pray that the ‘leaders’ can end the genocide now. I pray that there can be a two state solution and that the people can heal, recover, and forgive the rest of the world for the failure to prevent the unbelievable and overwhelming loss of life. A professor at Boston U. shared that most conflicts come down to relations and resources (who owns what).Thank you for sharing this interview.