XPost: nz.politics, uk.legal, alt.politics.international
Top UK human rights lawyer Michael Mansfield is part of a group that
has handed over evidence to the Metropolitan Police that implicates 10
British citizens in crimes committed against Palestinians in Gaza <
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/16/top-uk-barrister-israel-is-carrying-out-destruction-of-humanity-in-gaza>.
Al Jazeera: Do you classify what’s happening in Gaza as a genocide?
I do, yes, no question.
In this particular instance, if you’re attacked personally in the
domestic sense or in any other, you’re entitled to defend yourself
but only up to a point.
If you’re attacked with somebody holding a wooden spoon, you can’t
use a machinegun to kill them. … This has gone far beyond
self-defence.
...
In my view, it’s clearly a genocide because they’ve [Israeli
officials] made it very clear in various statements. They’re
talking about a bigger Israel. There’s a political ambition that
lies behind the whole thing, not for all, you know, members of the
[Israeli military] and so on, but I think a sizeable proportion.
...
It’s gone beyond plausible.
[Note: The International Court of Justice said in January 2024
that it was plausible that Israel was committing genocide in
Gaza.]
Also:
I think we’ll look back and say, actually, thousands turn out for
marches. Thousands of people are globally angry, upset and feeling
hopeless, which is why keeping the law alive in the way the chief
prosecutors tried to do, not just for Israel, but for other
perpetrators as well, including [Russian President Vladimir] Putin
and Russia and Ukraine.
We’ve got to keep the caring alive. You can’t get away from it.
You can’t hide in your bedroom and think, “Oh, I didn’t start
this.” No, you didn’t, but if you’re a member of the human race,
I’m afraid you have a responsibility.
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