Israel’s Crimes Against Palestinian Civilians

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Israel’s Crimes Against Palestinian Civilians in The Gaza Strip Have Exceeded the Threshold of Genocide

‘A Study from the Perspective of International Law Scholars’

By: Dr. Awad M. Slimia Researcher in international relations Director of the International Research and Studies Unit –  Palestine Institute for National Security Research (PINSR)

“Submitted to: Global Tribunal on Palestine Geneva, Switzerland, 6-8 June 2024

 Abstract: This paper discusses the legal opinions related to Israel’s crimes committed in the Gaza Strip from the point of view of international law experts, citing the intervention of former Palestinian Minister of Justice Dr. Mohammed Shalalda at the seminar organized by the Palestine Institute for National Security Research (PINSR) on 22 Nov.2023, under the topic (Legal Dimensions of the aggression waged by the occupation on our people). The researcher attended. On the one hand, a team of Jurists argues that these crimes have exceeded the threshold of crimes of genocide, the clauses of articles (II, III, and IV) of General Assembly Resolution No. 260 A (III) of 9 Dec. 1948, which provide for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide, and apply to them.

On the other hand, another group argues that, despite the large civilian casualties caused by the indiscriminate bombing of civilians, the resulting rise of thousands of martyrs and wounded. The mass destruction of infrastructure. these crimes do not meet the very high threshold required to meet the legal definition of genocide “Proof of intent”.

However, the study reached several conclusions, the most important of which was that the crimes of the Israeli occupation army on the Gaza Strip are full-fledged genocide crimes, which can be described as (The Crime of Crimes), and violate by all standards the texts of international law and the UN Convention on the Prohibition of the Crime of genocide in its Resolution No. 260 A (III) of December 9, 1948.

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