Saturday, November 25, 2023

Palestinians and Self Defense

The LAW according to Tayab Ali

Gaza is occupied…

Israel is the occupying force…

The occupation is likely to be unlawful due the purpose and time it has been in place… 

Hamas is a proscribed terrorist group- not a State but a non-State actor…

Israel has been in an ‘aggressive state’ over Gaza for decades as an occupier…

The occupied have the right to resist and repel occupation in international law (Geneva Convention additional protocol) as they are in a defensive position…

Palestinians have the right to self defence - which must comply with international law…

Israel does not as an occupier have the right to self defence under article 51 of the UN Charter as it is already in a position of occupation and attacking a non international armed group from within the occupied territory and not a State…

The statements made by Netanyahu and others is evidence of an intention to commit Genocide. 

Article 25 of the Rome Statue makes aiding, abetting or in any other supporting (including encouraging) international crimes a criminal offence in itself.

Documents written by International Lawyers

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These points make it clear there is no legal justification for Israel's latest scorched earth genocidal attack on Gaza.

Even if Hamas illegally attacked Israel on October 7, that still does not justify it.

Also the clock did not start on October 7, but no later than the Nabka of 1948, when Israel ethnically cleansed 750,000 Palestinians from the land they were stealing.


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