More than 600 Chilean jurists take Netanyahu to the International Criminal Court for genocide and war crimes

More than 600 Chilean jurists filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahufor alleged crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes in Gaza strip It is West BankThe representative of the complainants explained to EFE this Wednesday, Nelson Hadad.

The complaint, presented on Monday before this international court based in Have it (Netherlands), calls for sanctions and an arrest warrant against Netanyahu, his defense minister, Yoav Galantand senior military commanders of the Israeli Armed Forces that, in the lawyer’s opinion, “They have to be held accountable, appear before the ICCbe punished in accordance with the penalties established by the Rome Statute and compensate the victims and their families.”.

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In a telephone conversation from Amsterdam airport, before his return to PepperHadad emphasized that in Link are being compromisedinhumane, degrading, cruel and abominable crimes” before which, he said: “there can be no impunity”.

The 66-page defamation, “plausibly demonstrates the practice and existence of these crimes, with the testimonies of countless officials who work on the ground in Gaza and who declare that we are facing a devastating situation and a humanitarian tragedy“added Hadad, former ambassador of Chile to Jordan, Iraq, Egypt It is Ecuador.

According to him, the objective “fundamental and systematic” in Israel It is “the elimination of a city, totally or partially” It is “destroy their national identity as a people with the right to exercise self-determination, destroy the ethnic group, the racial group and the religious group”.

“We will continue to cooperate with the court to provide new evidence that allows empirical, legal and factual verification that, in fact, these crimes were committed, which have a fundamental legal element which is intentionality, because there is a deliberate attempt to annihilate a cityHadad added.

“We are for structural reform of the UN”

The former diplomat criticized the actions of the UN to the conflict, but specified that although the general meeting did justice to this because 153 countries agreed to a ceasefire, among which are the largest demographic powers in the world –China It is India–, “It is unfair for a single country (the United States) to raise its hand and exercise a veto”.

“We are for a structural reform of the United Nations, especially the Security Council, to increase the integration of permanent members and also the regulation of the veto“Hadad told EFE.

The complaint presented by the jurists adds to the forwarding brief that the Chilean and Mexican governments presented in January to the ICC with the aim of strengthening the ongoing investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity that occurred in Gaza, West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel.

Since the start of the war in Gaza, Gabriel Boricrenowned defender of the cause Palestineharshly condemned Israel’s military offensive and in November recalled the ambassador to Tel Aviv, José Carvajal. The gesture was interpreted as a sign of discomfort in bilateral relations between the two countries.

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A week ago, the Chilean Executive also decided to exclude Israeli military companies from the next International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE), which will be held between the 9th and 14th of April in the Chilean capital, considered the most important event in aerospace and defense Latin America.

With almost 500,000 people, Chile is a great refuge for the Palestinian community outside the Arab world, a migration that began at the end of the 19th century, when hundreds of Palestinians escaped Ottoman domination for the first time, and which increased in the 20th century. Israeli occupation.

Chile recognized Palestine as a State”free, independent and sovereign”in 2011, during the first Conservative government Sebastian Piñera (2010-2014).

Source: Elcomercio

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