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Some thirty United Nations experts issued today a compelling call to the international community, urging immediate action to prevent what they describe as a potential genocide against the Palestinian people.
The experts presented evidence highlighting genocidal incitement, an explicit intent to “destroy the Palestinian people under occupation,” and the alarming use of powerful weaponry leading to a staggering death toll and the destruction of critical infrastructure.
Saying that they have been deeply disturbed by the increasingly alarming situation in Gaza, the UN experts expressed their distress at the failure of governments to respond promptly to their earlier warnings and achieve an immediate ceasefire.
They underscored their profound concern regarding certain governments supporting Israel’s murderous war against the besieged population of Gaza, emphasizing the broader failure of the international system to mobilize and prevent a potential genocide.
“The reality in Gaza, with its unbearable pain and trauma on the survivors, is a catastrophe of enormous proportions,” the experts said, noting that the statistics coming out of Gaza paint a grim picture, with over 11,000 reported deaths, 27,000 injuries, and 1.6 million displaced in the war-torn Palestinian enclave since October 7.
“This occurs amidst Israel’s tightening of its 16-year unlawful blockade of Gaza, which has prevented people from escaping and left them without food, water, medicine, and fuel for weeks now, despite international appeals to provide access for critical humanitarian aid,” the experts emphasized.
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They went on to warn that “The failure to urgently implement a ceasefire risks this situation spiraling towards a genocide conducted with 21st-century means and methods of warfare.”
Highlighting the alarming rhetoric from senior Israeli officials, the experts stressed the need for immediate international intervention to prevent atrocity crimes, including genocide.
They called on the international community, both states and non-state actors, to take immediate action to end the risk of genocide, ultimately aiming to bring an end to Israeli apartheid and occupation of Palestinian territory.
“We remind Member States that what is at stake is not only the fate of Israelis and Palestinians but a serious conflagration of the conflict in the region, leading to more human rights violations and suffering of innocent civilians,” they said.
