The @LemkinInstitute strongly condemns the recent inhumane statements of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in which he called for the deliberate killing of “30 to 40” Palestinians every night in Gaza, even if they pose no immediate danger, because, according to him, “[t]here are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldn’t live. They’re not even people.” We will be very clear: This statement, which has garnered some outrage in Europe, is an unambiguous declaration of genocidal intent and incitement to genocide. Although Ben-Gvir’s provocative language ruffles some feathers in Israel, largely because he so plainly and crudely states to the world what is driving that nation in its war against the Palestinian people, he is nothing but the ugly, self-congratulatory face of a genocidal state and society. Minister Ben-Gvir must be held legally responsible for his violations of the Genocide Convention. But that is not enough. As humanity has been saying for years now, mere condemnations of Israel and its leaders will not work. Symbolic sanctions will not work. Denouncing the inhumane is not enough when one has allowed the inhumane to become the reality for an entire group of people. The international community has failed miserably to prevent this genocide or even stem its determined advance. But we can still stop the killing and mitigate the horrors. We can still save mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, brothers and sisters. As Dag Hammarskjöld, second Secretary-General of the United Nations reminded us: “The United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from hell.” This hell needs to come to an end. Read the full statement: lnkd.in/eNGpcnP8

The father of 17-year-old Palestinian Karim Sanad Shalaldeh speaks on how armed Israeli settlers killed his son this morning in the Hamroush area, east of Sa'ir, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. The settlers, more than 50 of them, were armed, and some were wearing Israeli occupation forces uniforms. They shot Karim in the chest and shot and critically wounded two other Palestinians in the attack.

Breaking: Another Israeli massacre now in Gaza. An Israeli airstrike just targeted a group of civil police officers, including female police officers, in Gaza City. At least 6 Palestinians have been killed and many others injured. The attack comes less than 24 hours after an Israeli massacre at Gaza’s seaport, where 6 Palestinians, including a child, were killed and around 14 others injured.