‘Primary Witness Testimony about War Crimes committed by the IDF & Israel’s Genocide in Gaza’

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I expect that the testimony of Doctor Nick Maynard and of Tony Aguilar – see the links below, will be presented by South Africa to the ICJ in the Trial of Israel for Genocide.

I would submit that, whether: (i) the IDF have committed War Crimes in Gaza; and (ii) Israel, is carrying out a Genocide on unlawfully occupied territory in Gaza, is self-evidently beyond reasonable doubt.

I also suspect that this primary witness testimony, is merely the tip of an evidentiary ‘iceberg’, for all of those who have carried out what Professor Mearsheimer contends is the greatest crime in Modern times.

So, the perpetrators of these crimes must be held to account in a court room.

I also expect these YouTube programmes to be shown as part of their training and education about International Humanitarian Law and what legally constitutes a War Crime, to military personnel in all services around the world.

Primary evidence:

·       Israel Is Shooting BABIES In The Head – Gaza Doctor Nick Maynard: https://lnkd.in/edjc4rp8
·       US Green Beret Veteran Tony Aguilar Details the Shocking War Crimes He’s Witnessing in Gaza: https://lnkd.in/en2fD_uv
·       Former U.S. Special Ops: What I Saw in Gaza | Sen. Bernie Sanders: https://lnkd.in/ezv_RTzu

Commentary:

See also:

·       40 Peers warn Attorney General: Palestine recognition could breach international law https://lnkd.in/edUpSgB4
·       Keir Starmer’s Palestine plans could be ILLEGAL, Britain’s top lawyers warn in damning letter to PM
https://lnkd.in/ew82_kpi
·       Peers arguing Palestinian state recognition unlawful ‘missing the point’, says minister – as it happened.
https://lnkd.in/eJgmJNX5

‘Philippe Sands KC, a professor of law at University College London, pointed out that in its advisory opinion last year the UN’s top court, the international court of justice (ICJ), recognised “the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including its right to an independent and sovereign state”.
Sands said: “I have no doubt whatsoever that if it were asked, the ICJ would reject the argument that it is somehow unlawful to recognise the existence of Palestinian statehood. Palestine meets all the legal criteria of statehood; all that remains is a political consideration, namely whether to recognise or not that those criteria are met. The court’s language makes clear that that right exists now, and it exists because all the criteria for statehood are met.” …’

See also – ‘Illegality of Israel’s presence in the Palestinian Gaza Strip and West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in the light of the 2024 Occupied Palestinian Territory Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, and consequences for third States and the European Union Legal Opinion Dr Ralph Wilde Professor of International Law, Faculty of Laws, University College London, University of London 1 December 2024’: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/sites/laws/files/ralph_wilde_icj_opt_ao_thirdstateseu_legal_opinion.pdf

‘Israel’s presence in the OPT is, in and of itself, illegal as a violation of the international law of self-determination and the international law on the use of force, the latter violation constituting aggression, and including a violation of the prohibition of the purported acquisition of territory, a.k.a. ‘annexation’, through the use of force. This is ‘existential’ illegality—the very existence of Israel’s presence is illegal. Such illegality is distinct from ‘conduct-based’ illegality, which is also occurring—the way Israel conducts itself through its presence in the OPT is also illegal (for example, maintaining and expanding settlements, perpetrating racial discrimination generally, and apartheid in particular, and subjecting the Palestinian people to further abuses, now, in Gaza, of an extremity amounting to genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity). ‘ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/sites/laws/files/ralph_wilde_icj_opt_ao_thirdstateseu_legal_opinion.pdf

‘What does it mean when the tools of a racist patriarchy are used to examine the fruits of that same patriarchy? It means that only the most narrow parameters of change are possible and allowable.’ ( Audre Lorde). Cited by Professor Ralph Wilde in ‘Using the Master’s Tools to Dismantle the Master’s House: International Law and Palestinian Liberation.’

Google also – ‘Using the Master’s Tools to Dismantle the Master’s House: International Law and Palestinian Liberation Ralph Wilde’.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357546769_Using_the_Master’s_Tools_to_Dismantle_the_Master’s_House_International_Law_and_Palestinian_Liberation

‘Voices: Is Keir Starmer already U-turning on Palestine?’ https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/voices-is-keir-starmer-already-u-turning-on-palestine/ar-AA1JEwXY?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=688ca54cb6dd44b09c828ab739f60ab3&ei=16

‘When Starmer was asked, in a short encounter with journalists today, he wouldn’t give a Yes or No answer to that question, which I take to be the equivalent of “No”.

So I think British recognition will go ahead, unless something dramatic happens over the next month, such as Netanyahu ceasing to be prime minister of Israel.

I don’t think Starmer wanted to make this change. But I think he was going to do it before Emmanuel Macron changed French policy on recognition last week. Macron set the context, and Mark Carney, the leader of the third G7 nation to make the switch, confirmed it with his announcement last night.

What mattered above all was the state of opinion among Labour MPs. Starmer can remember what happened to Tony Blair in July 2006 – and if he can’t, Jonathan Powell, his national security adviser, who was Blair’s chief of staff, can remind him.’

Amb. Chas Freeman: Gaza’s Silent Hell — Genocide and Starvation in Real Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWWd1hE-qb0

‘This programme is dedicated to Amir – the little boy who was murdered by the IDF’ (Words of Nima Alkorshid the host of Dialogue Works).

The IDF shot Amir after he met Tony Aguilar and kissed his hand.

‘[After walking 12 miles to collect food for his family] Amir didn’t make it home. … Never [before] have I seen this level of depravity!’ (Tony Aguilar) – See US Green Beret Veteran Tony Aguilar Details the Shocking War Crimes He’s Witnessing in Gaza: https://lnkd.in/en2fD_uv