‘We will forget none of it, we demand justice’: Gaza People’s Tribunal
The Gaza People’s Tribunal says Israel is committing genocide in the besieged enclave and is pressing world powers for accountability.
The body was established in London in November 2024 in the tradition of the Russell Tribunal established at the height of “US aggression in Vietnam”. Here are highlights of the tribunal’s statement:
- If the Israeli perpetrators and their Western enablers are allowed to escape justice, and the Palestinian survivors are left without meaningful redress and, ultimately, their full liberation from the dehumanising shackles of Zionism and colonialism, the world will have ratified one of the worst atrocities in history.
- The tribunal’s work over the past year has consisted of the collection of information and analysis, the hearing of witnesses and survivors, the archiving of evidence, and the issuing of appeals to humanity for action to end the genocide.
- We will forget none of it: The brutal attacks on an imprisoned civilian population, the intentional infliction of hunger, thirst, and disease, the mass arrests, the sniping of toddlers for sport, the systematic destruction of everything from hospitals to schools, and the deliberate targeting of everyone from journalists to medical personnel.
- We warn the world today that the genocide in Palestine has not ended.
- Nor do the colonial manoeuvres reflected in the so-called Trump Plan, or in the Macron plan, offer any hope for an end to the genocide, or for freedom or justice for Palestine.
- We demand accountability for the perpetrators and their complicit enablers, redress for the victims and survivors, action to address the root causes of Zionist colonisation, occupation, and apartheid, rejection of all efforts to normalise the perpetrator regime and its criminal acts, and freedom for Palestine. In sum, we demand justice.
Gaza’s People Tribunal findings a ‘counter-narrative’ to Israel’s ‘security’ claims
Here is more from the Gaza People’s Tribunal “jury of conscience” statement after four days of public hearings during which international jurists, experts and witnesses presented evidence of Israel’s genocide.
The tribunal’s work amounts to “a valuable archive, … providing lasting evidence of the truth of the genocide against the Palestinian people”, the statement said. It also expressed solidarity “with the rallies, the marches, the encampments, the flotillas, the strikes and other actions that protest the genocide and states’ unwillingness to hold Israel to account”.
The ruling “offers a counter-narrative to the security narrative Israel and its allies persistently broadcast”, rejecting language that frames Palestinian suffering merely as a humanitarian disaster.
Its findings draw on international law, human rights treaties, the Rome Statute and “the unyielding belief that every human life has equal worth”. The jury said Israel’s war on Gaza shows global governance is failing to uphold its duties.
Gaza Tribunal calls for ‘Israeli perpetrators and enablers’ to face justice
The Gaza Tribunal has issued its final findings, saying that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and that “Israeli perpetrators and their Western enablers” should not be allowed to escape justice for their crimes.
The unofficial tribunal, established in London last November, gave its “moral judgement” on Sunday following four days of public hearings in Istanbul, Turkiye.
Presided over by Richard Falk, a former United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territory, the initiative comes in the tradition of the Russell Tribunal, which heard evidence in 1967 of US war crimes in Vietnam.
The yearlong Gaza process involved collecting information, hearing witnesses and survivors, and archiving the evidence.
