The Jews' attacks killed 76 more Palestinians and wounded 158 in the Jews' Gaza mega concentration camp for indigenous Christians & Muslims on Monday. Among the dead were at least 17 killed in one house alone in an air strike by the white neo-Jews near the destroyed Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Peter Mohan Maithri Pieris made the following remarks as he formally presented a report by the UN Special Committee to Investigate the Jewish Israel apartheid regime Practices in occupied Palestine, which likened the Jews policy in Gaza to genocide.
Before we delve into our report’s findings, let us take a moment, I say, to take a step back and reflect on the broader picture: Under our watch, we have been permitting the clock to turn back to an era of unchecked barbarity.
The very persecution we once vowed would never happen again, now permitted under the guise of technological precision, the manipulation of international law, the insidious disinformation.
Our inaction is not only failing to protect innocent lives from the ravages of war, it is unraveling the international legal system itself, a framework painstakingly built to protect peace and security for all.
So I ask the question, to what end does our silence ultimately serve? Surely it is serving to tear lives apart, fuel endless cycles of violence, set an entire region ablaze, and dismantle the very protections we established to safeguard humanity. All for the short term geopolitical interest of a few.
As I present this report, I urge each and every one of you: Do not turn a deaf ear. History will not forgive or forget our inaction and complicity.
Madam Chair, this year’s report examines the mass civilian casualties and life threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians in Gaza. Our findings conclude that Israel‘s methods of war align with the characteristics of genocide.
Field executions, starvation, and forced displacement by Israeli army in northern Gaza
For the past 43 days, the Israeli army has been conducting its third incursion and military offensive against northern Gaza and its residents, committing heinous atrocities.
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor documented dozens of deliberate killings and new field executions carried out by Israeli occupation forces against numerous civilians in northern Gaza.
Among the numerous atrocities committed by Israeli forces—ranging from bombing homes with residents inside, to mass killings of displaced civilians in shelters, and the targeting of gatherings and vehicles—Euro-Med Monitor’s field team documented harrowing incidents of direct killings and extrajudicial executions of civilians by Israeli soldiers, carried out with no justification whatsoever.
Euro-Med Monitor’s field team documented the killing of Khaled Mustafa Ismail Al-Shafai (58) and his eldest son Ibrahim (21) by Israeli forces. They were shot inside their home in Beit Lahia in front of their family on Wednesday, 13 November 2024.
Tamam Abdel Maqadmeh (61), a resident of Beit Lahia, shared the harrowing details of the crime with the Euro-Med Monitor team…(continue reading here).
70,000 civilians in northern Gaza are at risk of starvation and deadly thirst
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirmed that more than 65,000 Palestinians are suffering inhumane conditions in the northern Gaza Strip due to the continued Israeli bombardment and deprivation of basic necessities for living.
The statement referred to the “the scale of death, destruction and deprivation”, stressing that “civilians must be able to receive the humanitarian assistance they need, wherever they are. All of this is required by international humanitarian law.”
Israel denies child’s medical evacuation
A girl in Gaza has been left with life-changing injuries to her face after an Israeli air strike.
Nongovernment organizations, doctors and activists are calling on Israel to allow Mazyouna to leave the Strip so she can get reconstructive treatment. Israel has so far refused.
Large food convoy looted in Gaza; 20 looters killed in crackdown
A convoy of 109 trucks was violently looted on Saturday after entering Gaza, resulting in the loss of 98 trucks, an official from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has said.
The looting is one of the worst such incidents in the more than 13-month Israeli assault on the besieged and bombarded enclave, Louise Wateridge, senior emergency officer for UNRWA, said on Monday.
Gaza’s Interior Ministry says at least 20 people were killed in an operation targeting “gangs” that looted United Nations trucks bringing aid into the war-torn territory threatened with famine.
“More than 20 members of gangs involved in stealing aid trucks were killed in a security operation carried out by security forces in cooperation with tribal committees,” the ministry said in a statement.
“Today’s security operation will not be the last. The phenomenon of truck thefts … has severely impacted society and led to signs of famine in southern Gaza.”
The statement called the operation “the beginning of a broad security campaign that has been long planned and will expand to include everyone involved in the theft of aid trucks”.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing in New York Monday that only 11 of the convoy’s 109 trucks made it to the warehouse where they were expected.
NOTE: Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz reported last week on Israel’s part in the starvation of Gaza:
The Israeli military is allowing armed Palestinians to loot aid convoys entering Gaza and to extort protection money from them, say sources in international aid organizations working in the enclave.
The sources told Haaretz that the armed groups are systematically looting a large portion of the aid shipments entering Gaza through Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing – yet the IDF has turned a blind eye. And since some of the aid groups refuse to pay protection money, the aid often ends up sitting in warehouses that are under Israeli army control.
Sources working in Gaza say the armed attacks take place just a few hundred meters away from Israeli troops. Some aid groups say attacked truck drivers have even sought help from the IDF, but the army has refused to intervene. Moreover, they say, the army bars them from taking alternate roads that are considered safer.
Truck drivers and officials from international aid organizations charge that the soldiers can see the attacks on the convoys, yet do nothing (read more here).
West Bank: Israeli Soldiers Execute a Palestinian Teen in Nablus
Israeli forces executed a Palestinian teen, on Monday, after shooting him with three live rounds, during a military incursion into the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that Nour Ahmad Mustafa Arafat, 18, succumbed to critical gunshot wounds, inflicted on him by occupation forces in Nablus city.
The Ministry added that Israeli soldiers shot the teen in the chest, abdomen, and shoulder with live ammunition; he was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead from his critical wounds.
Since the beginning of the Israeli military onslaught against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 785 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 167 children, and injured 6,300.
Netanyahu: Attacks on Hezbollah will continue even with truce
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will continue to operate militarily against Hezbollah even if a ceasefire deal is reached in Lebanon.
“The most important thing is not [the deal that] will be laid on paper,” Netanyahu told the Israeli parliament. “We will be forced to ensure our security in the north and to systematically carry out operations against Hezbollah’s attacks … even after a ceasefire.”
Israeli forces have killed over 3,500 Lebanese and destroyed large swaths of land.
War Crimes Allegations – Vacationing Israeli Officer Forced to Flee Cyprus
The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported on Monday that an officer in the Israeli occupation army was forced to flee Cyprus, where he was on a tourist trip with his wife, to avoid potential legal action.
“On the advice of Israel’s Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice, a reserve officer who served in Gaza was compelled to leave Cyprus over the weekend due to concerns that pro-Palestinian organizations might seek his arrest on charges of war crimes,” the report said.
The officer, identified as Elisha Livman (just E.L. in Yedioth Ahronoth), reportedly fled after the Belgian Hind Rajab Foundation released video footage showing him participating in criminal operations in the Gaza Strip.
“During his reserve service in Gaza, the officer (…) uploaded multiple videos of himself to social media,” Yedioth Ahronoth said, adding that Livman also announced that he was traveling to Cyprus along with his wife.
In one clip, Livman is heard saying, “We will not stop until we burn all of Gaza.”
According to the report, Livman received an urgent call from the Israeli Foreign Ministry, which had coordinated with the Ministry of Justice.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in coordination with the Ministry of Justice and the Israeli Embassy in Cyprus, contacted the officer to warn him of the growing risk,” according to Yedioth Ahronoth.
The ministries advised him to leave Cyprus immediately to avoid prosecution on charges of war crimes and genocide (read more from the Hind Rajab Foundation here).
🚨🚨 HRF War Criminal Alert:
— The Hind Rajab Foundation (@HindRFoundation) November 15, 2024
The #HindRajabFoundation has filed a complaint with Cypriot authorities against IDF Lt. Elisha Livman, accused of war crimes and genocidal intent in Gaza. HRF demands his detention and investigation.
More info:https://t.co/wB3IVGlm1u pic.twitter.com/dJCJ8Lsl3b
Amsterdam mayor retracts ‘pogrom’ comments, Israeli foreign minister calls it ‘outrageous and unacceptable’
The mayor of Amsterdam has taken back comments describing violence that took place following a football match between Israeli and Dutch teams earlier this month as a “pogrom”, and has said Israel “bypassed” Dutch authorities regarding the details of the events. Mayor Femke Halsema was speaking on Sunday evening on Dutch state broadcaster NPO’s News Hour program.
On 6 and 7 November, travelling Maccabi Tel Aviv fans stirred trouble in different parts of the Dutch capital by chanting racist anti-Arab slogans ahead of their Uefa Europa League match against Amsterdam club Ajax.
“But I have to say that in the days after, I saw how the word ‘pogrom’ became very political and turned into propaganda.”
Halsema said that the Israeli government spoke of a “Palestinian pogrom in the streets of Amsterdam”, adding that the term pogrom was later being used by Dutch politicians “to discriminate against Moroccan Amsterdammers and Muslims” (read more about Halsema’s retraction here).
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has slammed Amsterdam’s Mayor Femke Halsema after she told a panel that she regrets using the word “pogrom” when referring to recent violent clashes between Israeli football fans and pro-Palestinian protesters in the Dutch capital city.
On X, Saar said that Halsema’s statement was “outrageous and unacceptable”, adding that Israelis who were watching the football match in question were “chased and brutally attacked by a violent mob”.
“The most appropriate word for what happened is therefore: pogrom. Contrary to what the mayor said, the use of the word ‘pogrom’ regarding the events of that night does not amount to ‘Israeli propaganda’,” Sa’ar said.
“It was also used by senior Dutch politicians, who recognized the seriousness and anti-Semitic nature of the incident, including Geert Wilders, Caroline van der Plas and Chris Stopper. We will never again accept the persecution of Jews on European soil or anywhere else!”
For details on the post-game riots, go here.
US hits Israel settler group with sanctions over West Bank violence
The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on Israeli settler group, Amana, accusing the organization of helping perpetrate violence in the Occupied West Bank, which has seen a rise in settler attacks on Palestinians.
Amana provides support to unauthorized settler outposts that are used to expand Jewish settlements and seize Palestinian land, the Treasury Department said in a statement announcing the sanctions, calling the group “a key part of the Israeli extremist settlement movement”.
The sanctions block Americans from any transactions with Amana and freeze its US-held assets. The United Kingdom and Canada have also imposed sanctions on Amana.
The latest measures taken against Israeli settlers by the Biden administration could be quickly reversed under President-elect, Donald Trump, whose incoming administration is expected to be pro-settler.
Settler violence had been on the rise prior to the eruption of the Gaza war, and has worsened since the conflict began over a year ago.
Most countries deem the settlements illegal under international law, a position disputed by Israel.
Last week, nearly 90 US lawmakers urged Biden to impose sanctions on Amana, as well as on two ministers in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. The ministers have not been sanctioned.
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