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“Crime of genocide” – Arab League calls for punitive measures against Israel

An Arab League meeting in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo: via RHC TW page)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff

Arab League member states called for support of the International Court of Justice's genocide case against Israel and urged the ICC to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant.

The Arab League on Tuesday called for punitive measures against Israel over its ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Following its emergency meeting in Cairo to discuss ways to end Israel's brutal war on Gaza, the League released a statement calling for an immediate end to the “crimes of genocide, forced displacement and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people.” demanded. “Anadolu news agency reported.

The statement also called for coordinated Arab and international efforts to end more than a year of Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip.

The Arab states criticized Israel for its brutality in the attacks in the Gaza Strip and especially in the north of the Gaza Strip, which Israeli occupation forces have been brutally besieging for over two weeks.

The statement stressed that the aim of the siege in the north was to implement a “systematic plan to completely depopulate the area” and warned of the consequences of the international community's deafening silence in this regard.

In addition, Arab states condemned US complicity in the Gaza genocide by continuing to provide military aid to Israel.

Member states called for stricter measures to hold Israeli officials accountable for their crimes in the ongoing genocide, including taking legal action in international courts and suspending Israel's participation in the United Nations General Assembly, Anadolu said.

The Arab League in its statement called for support of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) genocide case against Israel, while also calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and its Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for their complicity in the Gaza genocide .

Citing previous summits and ministerial decisions, the Arab member states also called for the implementation of sanctions against Tel Aviv.

Participants at the meeting also called for punitive measures against illegal Jewish organizations, such as labeling them as “terrorist entities.”

In addition, the Arab League condemned Israel's continued denial of humanitarian assistance to Gaza and condemned its targeting of humanitarian organizations such as the United Nations Refugee and Relief Agency (UNRWA).

It condemned repeated Israeli attacks on UNRWA staff and facilities and criticized Israel's proposed law that would ban the organization's operations in Israel and occupied Palestine.

Arab Coordination to End Genocide

Arab League member states have attended more than one meeting since Israel's war on Gaza began over a year ago to discuss the ongoing genocide and seek to end Israeli atrocities against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

On September 13, a ministerial meeting attended by the Arab League's Gaza Contact Group, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and several European Union ministers called for an immediate ceasefire and Israel's complete withdrawal from the Philadelphia route.

Participants included Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Mustafa and the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – all members of the Arab-Islamic Contact Group for Gaza – as well as the heads of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

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In addition, the European Union was represented by its Foreign Minister Josep Borrell and the Foreign Ministers of Ireland, Norway, Slovenia and Spain.

In a statement on September 13, participants reiterated their support for ongoing negotiations for a ceasefire “amid the worst crisis in the Middle East in decades.”

“We reiterate our call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages and detainees,” the statement said.

“We also call for the full restoration of the Palestinian Authority's control over the Rafah crossing and the remaining borders, as well as a complete withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from Gaza, including the Philadelphia Corridor,” the statement continued.

Participants in the meeting reiterated the urgent need to open all border crossings with the Gaza Strip to allow the unrestricted flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, and praised the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Relief and Works (UNRWA) and other United Nations agencies Nations Serving the Gaza Strip Palestinians in Gaza.

“We call on all parties to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law and to implement the orders of the International Court of Justice,” the statement said.

The genocide in the Gaza Strip continues

Israel ignored a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire and faced international condemnation for its ongoing brutal offensive against Gaza.

Israel is currently before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians and has been waging a devastating war against Gaza since October 7th.

According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 42,792 Palestinians have been killed and 100,412 injured in Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, which began on October 7, 2023.

In addition, at least 11,000 people are missing, believed to be lying dead under the rubble of their homes across the Gaza Strip.

Israel says 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa flood operation on October 7. Israeli media published reports that many Israelis were killed by friendly fire that day.

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Palestinian and international organizations say the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli war has led to acute famine, especially in the northern Gaza Strip, which has resulted in the deaths of many Palestinians, especially children.

Israeli aggression has also led to the forcible displacement of nearly two million people across the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of those displaced forced into the densely populated southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – now Palestine's largest mass exodus since the Nakba 1948.

Later in the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began moving from the south to the central Gaza Strip in a constant search for safety.

(PC, Anadolu)

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