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Falk, Richard A.

International Complicity in Israel's Genocide in Palestine Exposed at Public Tribunal

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Richard Falk, a leading legal expert and professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, has led a public scrutiny of Israel's actions in Gaza through the Gaza Tribunal, a public tribunal with no legal force but aiming to document alleged war crimes and advocate for justice for Palestinians. The tribunal, launched in London last November, will conclude with a final hearing in Istanbul in October 2025. The current Sarajevo hearing examines the Nakba and colonialism, apartheid, forced population displacements, the political economy of genocide, the criminalisation of protest, and the media's role in Israel's occupation of Palestinian land.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Gaza Tribunal is a public tribunal led by Richard Falk that aims to document alleged war crimes and advocate for justice for Palestinians.
  • The tribunal will examine the Nakba and colonialism, apartheid, forced population displacements, the political economy of genocide, the criminalisation of protest, and the media's role in Israel's occupation of Palestinian land.
  • Liberal democracies have been accused of complicity in Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza, enabling it through weapons, financial support, diplomatic cover, and disseminating Israeli propaganda.
  • The tribunal wants to address the shortcomings of the international legal system and close the gap in the enforcement of law.
  • The tribunal is looking to follow on from the 1966 people's tribunal on the US's genocidal acts in Vietnam.
  • The tribunal is not merely a response to the enforcement vacuum left by states and international institutions but a peoples' legal, ethical, and political initiative exposing the deeper structures behind the failure.
  • The Worldwide Lawyers Association (Wolas) stated that the tribunal is exposing the deeper structures behind the failure, including an international system where power dynamics consistently override law and where geopolitics shields atrocity.

Statistics:

  • Over four days, the tribunal's Sarajevo hearing will aim to document alleged war crimes and advocate for justice for Palestinians.
  • The tribunal will conclude with a final hearing in Istanbul in October 2025.
  • The US perpetrated genocidal acts in Vietnam, concluded the 1966 people's tribunal.
  • Dr Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian-American doctor, described the city of Nasser in Gaza City being "levelled from east to west" with "giant balls of smoke" filling the sky multiple times a day.
  • Craig Mokhiber said that the international system speaks of human rights but allows a live-stream genocide to rage day after day, year after year, without naming the crime out loud: genocide.

Sources:

  • Byline: Xander Elliards INTERNATIONAL
  • Richard Falk's website
  • The Byline Times
  • Worldwide Lawyers Association (Wolas)
  • UN offices have non-critically endorsed Israeli propaganda under Western pressure.

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