‘Most transparent genocide in human history’: Analyst [Former UN Special Rapporteur]
There is “overwhelming” evidence of genocide in Gaza right now, according to Richard Falk, former UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories.
“It is the most transparent genocide in human history. And for the court to back away from this, it will damage international law and the court as an institution, the highest tribunal in the UN system,” the Princeton University professor told Al Jazeera.
“If the decision is in favour of provisional measures, there will be an implementation crisis and there will be a tug of war as to whether this ruling will be implemented and enforced and complied with by Israel,” Falk said.
“If the court finds a technical or some kind of way of avoiding a position decision, that will cause so much outrage that will also activate the forces of popular opinion and create a civil society pressure to do something to stop this terrible ordeal that the Palestinian people are being subjected to,” he added.
Falk described this as “the most difficult dilemma of Joe Biden’s presidency” in the US.