This is Albanese\u2019s second report on Israel\u2019s genocide of Palestinians. In March 2023, her office argued that Israel\u2019s crimes in Gaza legally constitute genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her latest report, \u201cGenocide as colonial erasure\u201d documents how Israel\u2019s genocide is not isolated to Palestinians in Gaza. She writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the scale and nature of the ongoing Israeli assault against the Palestinians vary by area, the totality of the Israeli acts of destruction directed against the totality of the Palestinian people, with the aim of conquering the totality of the land of Palestine, is clearly identifiable. Patterns of violence against the group as a whole warrant the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) in order to cease, prevent and punish genocide in the whole of the occupied Palestinian territory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the genocide convention, genocide is proven by documenting intent to commit genocide. In South Africa\u2019s International Court of Justice case against Israel, they included several genocidal statements by high-ranking Israeli politicians and ministers about Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These comments range from calling Palestinians \u201chuman animals\u201d to saying there is no such thing as \u201cinnocent civilians\u201d in Gaza. While these comments were made to justify Israel\u2019s siege and invasion of Gaza, Palestinians are Palestinians whether they live in Gaza, the West Bank, or in parts of Palestine that were occupied in 1948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As such, Israel\u2019s dehumanization campaign affects Palestinians wherever they are living. Albanese\u2019s report shows this, documenting comments by Israeli Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant. In December 2023, Gallant said \u201cwhen what the IDF did in Gaza becomes clear, that will also be projected on Judea and Samaria [the West Bank].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is exactly what Israel has done since October 7. It has capitalized on the genocide in Gaza in order to further colonize Palestinian land. In July 2024, Israel approved the largest theft of West Bank land since 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Albanese\u2019s report concludes that in expanding its genocide, Israel has exposed the basis of its existence: the colonization and occupation all of historic Palestine. She writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe State of Israel is predicated on the goal of Palestinian erasure; its entire political system is directed towards this goal. State structures have historically architected the oppression of Palestinians; now its institutions, failing to function as a bulwark, are together advancing the course of the current catastrophe\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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