Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Welcomes Report of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Genocide in Gaza

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Welcomes Report of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Genocide in Gaza

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomes the report issued by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry, which unequivocally confirms that Israel has committed the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip through a deliberate and large-scale policy aimed at their systematic destruction.

The report affirms that the occupying power has committed acts constituting the core elements of the crime of genocide under the 1948 Convention, including mass killings, the maintenance of a suffocating siege and systematic starvation, the widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure, and the direct targeting of women and children. These findings represent a stark warning under international law and expose the criminal nature of this war, which threatens to undermine the foundations of the entire international legal order. International law experts and independent investigators have unanimously determined that what the Palestinian people in Gaza are enduring constitutes a full-fledged crime of genocide, amid a growing international consensus on this undeniable reality.

The Ministry emphasized that the damning facts contained in the report build upon previous findings, including those of the International Court of Justice, and reveal an unprecedented level of brutality and determination to destroy Palestinian lives and existence. This amounts to a complete crime of genocide, in addition to crimes against humanity. The situation in Gaza today warns of a humanitarian catastrophe that brooks no tolerance or delay, as Israel, the unlawful occupying power, continues to commit the gravest violations in blatant defiance of the rulings of the International Court of Justice and the will of the international community. This imposes a clear legal and moral obligation on all States Parties to the Geneva Conventions and to the Genocide Convention to act immediately and decisively.

Accordingly, the State of Palestine calls upon the international community to assume its historic responsibilities without delay and to take concrete and decisive measures to halt the ongoing genocide, provide international protection to the Palestinian people, end all forms of military and political support to Israel, the occupying power, and impose sanctions on it.
The continuation of silence in the face of these heinous crimes renders such silence complicit and poses a grave threat to international peace and security.