A deeply troubling new report from our colleagues at Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
- It lays bare the destruction of neighbourhoods in Gaza and the expulsion of communities, tantamount to ethnic cleansing.
- It spotlights other horrors - the continued killing and maiming, the blockade that pushed Gaza into famine, and torture.
- It exposes violence and displacement in the West Bank.
- It highlights the climate of impunity for violations by the Israeli authorities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
This must be de-normalised.
Wars have rules. International law matters.
I echo the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk's words: "Impunity is not abstract - it kills. Accountability is indispensable. It is the prerequisite for a just & durable peace in Palestine and Israel."
Read the full report [ here ]
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