Thank you to Jeremy Bowen
@BowenBBC and
#BBCInDepth @BBCNews for finally reporting on the currently unfolding Genocide. ๐
Some highlights:
We asked Lord Sumption, the former Supreme Court justice, for his opinion.
"Genocide is a question of intent," he wrote. "It means killing, maiming or imposing intolerable conditions on a national or ethnic group with intent to destroy them in whole or in part.
"Statements by Netanyahu and his ministers suggest that the object of current operations is to force the Arab population of Gaza to leave by killing and starving them if they stay. These things make genocide the most plausible explanation for what is now happening."
Ralph Wilde, UCL professor of law, also believes there is proof of genocide. "Unfortunately, yes, and there is now no doubt legally as to that, and indeed that has been the case for some time."
Helena Kennedy KC is "very anxious about the casual use of the word genocide and I avoid it myself because I do think that there has to be a very high level in law, a very level of intent necessary to prove it".
I do think we're on a trajectory that could very easily be towards genocide, and as a lawyer I think that there's certainly an argument that is being made strongly for that." [i.e., a serious risk of Genocideโฆ]
Baroness Kennedy says her advice to the British government if it was asked for [
@Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy @10DowningStreet] would be, "We've got to be very careful about being complicit in grievous crimes ourselves."
@CommonsBTC @CommonsForeign
@liambyrnemp @EmilyThornberry
@HelenaKennedyKC