The text and signatories are here, dated 10/15/23. Click the link for the full statement. A brief excerpt from the introduction:
"As scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies and
genocide studies, we are compelled to sound the alarm about the
possibility of the crime of genocide being perpetrated by Israeli forces
against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. We do not do so lightly,
recognising the weight of this crime, but the gravity of the current
situation demands it."
"Israel’s current military offensive on the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023, however, is unprecedented in scale and severity, and consequently in its ramifications for the population of Gaza. Following the incursion by Palestinian armed groups on 7 October 2023, including criminal attacks against Israeli civilians, the Gaza Strip has been subjected to incessant and indiscriminate bombardment by Israeli forces. Between 7 October and 9:00 a.m. on 15 October, there have been 2,329 Palestinians killed and 9,042 Palestinians injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza, including over 724 children, huge swathes of neighbourhoods and entire families across Gaza have been obliterated. Israel’s Defence Minister ordered a 'complete siege' of the Gaza Strip prohibiting the supply of fuel, electricity, water and other essential necessities. This terminology itself indicates an intensification of an already illegal, potentially genocidal siege to an outright destructive assault."
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