Renewed Bombardment in Gaza Deepens Humanitarian Crisis Amid Ceasefire Hopes
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Two groups calling for a boycott of Israel are suing the French representatives of two Israeli NGOs in a landmark case. Two French managers are targeted in the complaint in the judicial process of Paris, for crimes against humanity division, for complicity in genocide, and for inciting genocide in Gaza. This unprecedented case seeks to answer those whose actions presumably denied the delivery of assistance to the besieged region.
Two groups – Israel is Forever and Tzav-9 – were named in the lawsuit filed Tuesday saying that their actions helped deny much-needed supplies to Gaza. They found out that where they breathe today, the Israeli military has exterminated more than 44,000 souls since October 2023.
The grievance includes a report from the ground of physical attempts made by the persons to stop the carrying of aid trucks at some borders manned by the Israeli military. The plaintiffs, sitting the French Jewish Union for Peace as well as a French-Palestinian woman with family in Gaza, aver that these acts constitute comprehensive collective punishment, including as a method of war: starvation. They say that these acts are genocide under French law as well as under the laws of nations.
This intentional subjection of Gaza’s population to conditions deliberately designed to affect the desired result of causing its destruction is an example of the crime of genocide,” they said. The complaint demands investigation which will involve the judiciary and hence shields it from being dismissed by a public prosecutor.
This is the first time that genocide-related allegations have been brought in French courts about the Gaza issue. This is witnessed at a time that saw a United Nations committee conclude in November that Israel’s military aggression in Gaza has aspects of genocide.
The International Court of Justice urged Israel as early as this year to allow food and medical supplies for the Gaza Strip with a threatening warning of genocide. In a related move, the International Criminal Court has in recent times effected the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, as it says they have committed crimes against humanity, war crimes, and also the intentional withholding of fundamental commodities such as food, water, and medicine for the people of Gaza.
French lawyer Rafik Chekkat characterized these international arrest warrants as a game changer for opening new avenues of domestic cases across Europe targeting similar acts by persons of dual Israeli European nationality.
This legal action also reveals new trends between the French justice system and international justice standards. Critics have long called for justice for the French-Israeli nationals who are being accused of committing crimes against Palestinians.
The French justice system can no longer go on with such repression while the ICC is even apparently moving towards no more impunity, Chekkat added.
It is a highly significant case in international law and may well herald more extensive international legal actions against alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and other theatres.