If Israel can ban a UNGA subsidiary body from the territory it unlawfully occupies, WITHOUT FACING CONSEQUENCES, it means nothing coming from the UN will ever hold it back. It is time to UNseat Israel.
Western leaders may deny genocide either out of ignorance or in order not to take legal action to stop it and punish the perpetrators. Yet it doesn't matter: as the ICJ has recognised the plausibility of genocide, THEY are OBLIGED to comply with the Provisional Measures and conclusions by the ICJ (South Africa v Israel; Nicaragua v Germany). Stop Arms Embargo Do not Trade with Israel Do not Aid and Assist the Occupation as it commits plausibly genocidal acts. And, before Western systems turn more illiberal, its leaders should be held accountable for possible complicity with Israel's crimes.
My new report is out - available in all UN official languages: https://t.co/FlGLzPTdhz Genocide is a complex and insidious crime; proving destructive intent is an onerous task - yet not when it is so ostentatious, sustained by a political doctrine of ideological hatred and articulated through institutional structures and policies. image