Two Israeli NGOs have accused Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Two leading Israeli human rights NGOs have accused Israel of "genocide over the Palestinians in Gazi" and they are the first in Israel to make that claim.
The NGO B'Tselem stated in the published extensive report that it came to this "unequivocal conclusion" after "examining Israel's policy in The Gaza Strip and its horrific consequences, along with statements from senior Israeli politicians and military commanders about the targets of the attack," reports CNN.
Another NGO, Physicians for Human Rights Israel, said it joined B'Tselem in calling Israel's actions in Gaza genocide, and published a separate legal and medical analysis documenting what it called "the deliberate and systematic destruction of the health system in Gaza."
B'Tselem said in the 79-page report that the reality on the ground in Gaza "cannot be justified or explained as an attempt to dismantle Hamas or its military capabilities."
One in a series of similar conclusions
Although B'Tselem is the first Israeli organization to accuse the government of genocide, numerous international groups, organizations and governments have reached the same conclusions in the past.
The accusations have always caused reactions, given their seriousness and sensitivity due to the use of the word genocide, which is defined by the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide as "acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group."
A United Nations special committee said last November that Israel's wartime conduct in Gaza was "consistent with the characteristics of genocide," including mass civilian casualties and the use of starvation as a weapon.
Last December, Human Rights Watch accused Israel of committing "genocide against Palestinians in Gaza" by withholding water and food supplies, while Amnesty International said around the same time that there was "sufficient evidence" to conclude that genocide was taking place in the territory.
The South African government filed a lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice in December 2023, accusing the country of committing genocide in Gaza, a lawsuit later joined by Ireland.
Several prominent Israeli individuals have also made the same accusation, including leading genocide expert Omer Bartov, who stated in a New York Times column that his "inevitable conclusion is that Israel is carrying out genocide against the Palestinian people."
Source: FoNet
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