CAIR calls for UN probe of unarmed Palestinians killed by Israeli army
The UN must investigate the killing of unarmed Palestinian men on a beach in Gaza whose bodies were then bulldozed under the sand by Israeli soldiers, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said.
Video footage has emerged showing Israeli forces gunning down two men on Gaza’s coast who posed no threat, and then using a military bulldozer to bury their bodies. Calling for an international investigation of the “heinous war crime”, the council said Israel appears to “kill Palestinians on a whim” and then treats the bodies of its victims “like trash”.
“The genocidal Israeli [government] must be investigated by the UN,” CAIR said on social media. “This genocide must be stopped, not excused or supported with weapons [and] rhetoric.”
Visual ‘evidence’ of Israelis killing unarmed Palestinians confirms ‘atrocities’ in Gaza: Falk
Professor Richard Falk, a former UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestine, said the shooting of the two Palestinians on the coast in Gaza by Israeli forces was “vivid confirmation of continuing Israeli atrocities”.
The visual evidence of the killings also highlights the “unambiguous character of Israeli atrocities that are being carried out on a daily basis”, Falk told Al Jazeera. The “real-time” exposure of such atrocities “has been part of what has been so shocking throughout this entire Israel onslaught on Gaza”, Falk said, speaking from California.
“The eyes and ears of the world have been assaulted in real-time by this form of genocidal behaviour. It is a shocking reality that there has been no adverse reaction from the liberal democracies in the West. It is a shameful moment in Western, international moral behaviour,” he said.
Falk added that Israel is unconcerned with upholding international humanitarian law and is refusing to alter its behaviour in Gaza despite the recent ceasefire resolution of the UN Security Council.
“Israel pursues its own objectives which are inconsistent and contradict international humanitarian law and the genocide convention and numerous other sources of legal authority,” he said.
What does the US do?
US official accuses UN expert on Palestine of anti-Semitism
A spokesman for the US State Department has accused a UN expert of anti-Semitism and dismissed her findings that Israel is committing genocidal acts in Gaza
Matthew Miller made the comments when a journalist asked him to respond to a recent report by Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on Palestine, that found Israel’s assault on Gaza reveals an intent to physically destroy Palestinians as a group.
“For a very longstanding period of time, we have opposed the mandate of this special rapporteur, which we believe is not productive,” Miller said.
“And when it comes to the individual who holds that position, I can’t help but note a history of anti-Semitic comments that she has made that has been reported. And comments she made in December that appeared to justify the attacks of October 7. I think that’s important to take into account,” he said.
"With respect to the report itself, we have made clear that we believe that allegations of genocide are unfounded. But at the same time, we are deeply concerned by the number of civilian casualties,” he added.
Turn yourself in at the ICC, pos.
US overlooks Israeli abuses in Gaza to justify arms transfers: Advocates
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/27/us-overlooks-israeli-abuses-in-gaza-to-justify-arms-transfers-advocates
The United States has not found Israel in violation of international humanitarian law despite months of war on Gaza and the killing of almost 32,500 Palestinians, civilian infrastructure destroyed and 80 percent of people displaced and on the brink of starvation.
Washington’s indifferent stance on the conduct of Israel’s war on Gaza – made public this week – has prompted condemnation from rights groups and observers.
“It invites global mockery and disdain to hear such a statement issued in front of the world by the Biden administration,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, director of Democracy for the Arab World Now.
“It’s absurd,” Whitson said.
Smoke rises from an Israeli attack in the central Gaza Strip on March 22
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