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Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt, writes: “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.”
Published 15 March 2024. Updated 18 June 2024. “I, Lee Mordechai, write this document as a historian and Israeli citizen, as my testimony to the horrible current situation in Gaza as events are unfolding. I write my personal opinion as an academic, partially because of the disappointing general silence on this issue among many international and Israeli academic institutions, especially those that are well-positioned to comment on it, even as some of my colleagues have bravely spoken out. I do not believe this document will convince many others to change their minds. Rather, I write this publicly to testify that during the war there were and remain Israeli voices who strongly dissented from Israel’s actions.”
Lily Greenberg Call, a special assistant to the chief of staff in the Department of the Interior, became the first Jewish political appointee to resign her post in protest of U.S. President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Army Major Harrison Mann, an active-duty officer with the U.S. Army, publicly announced his resignation on Monday from the Defense Intelligence Agency and US Army over US policy on Gaza―the latest official to leave their post in protest of the Biden administration’s continued support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
“We are not authorized to send military equipment, weapons to countries that commit human rights abuses. ICJ has determined plausible genocide, yet we are still sending billions upon billions of not just defensive weaponry, but offensive weaponry. It is tantamount to a violation of domestic law. Many diplomats know it. Many diplomats are scared to say it.”
The ICJ reaffirmed its 26 January provisional orders to Israel, with only the Israeli ad hoc judge and Judge Sebutinde again voting against, and ruled unanimously in favor of South Africa’s 6 March 2024 request for additional provisional measures to stop the famine in Gaza. The court also ordered Israel to not commit any of the crimes of genocide and to report back in one month.
