As the International Court of Justice takes its next steps on investigating and prosecuting war crimes in Israel’s war on Gaza, the top expert on Palestine at the United Nations is pushing for even more international accountability.
In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with The Intercept, U.N. special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese, called for top European Union officials — including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen — to face charges of complicity in war crimes over their support for Israel during its 18-month assault on Gaza.
“The fact that the two highest figures of the EU continue business as usual engagements with Israel is beyond deplorable,” Albanese said. “I’m not someone who says, ‘History will judge them’ — they will have to be judged before then. And they will have to understand that immunity cannot equate with impunity.”
The Germans were once tried for war crimes against the Jews. Now they are once again tried for war crimes, this time for the Jews.
The antisemitic dogwhistle of saying “the Jews” instead of Israel.
The Jews and the Israeli government are two different things, i think it is important to make that distinction because there is plenty of Jewish people who do not support the genocide.
Yes, and both times they were driven by economical interests. Pecunia non olet.