Hawzah News Agency- Falk said the proceedings were “inspired by the Palestinian's heroic struggle of resilience and resistance'', stressing that the tribunal’s efforts honor “not only those that have survived in the land that is Gaza today, but also those Palestinians everywhere in the world and particularly in the refugee camps that have indirectly been suffering all these years''.
Falk also condemned efforts to deny the severity of the crisis in Gaza, saying: “The crime of crimes has been committed and is continuing to induce this extreme situation of mass suffering''. He reminded the audience that “the tragedy of the Palestinian people began not on Oct. 7th but a century and more earlier''.
It asserted that “the current genocide in Palestine, rooted in a century of colonization and oppression, represents a watershed moment in the history of our world'', warning that “if the Israeli perpetrators and their western enablers are allowed to escape justice… the world will have ratified one of the worst atrocities in history''.
It rejected the US President Trump and French President Macron proposals aimed at restructuring governance in Gaza, arguing that these initiatives “presuppose impunity for Israeli genocide and apartheid” and would “impose proxy occupation and colonial control over the victims of genocide''.
A four-day public session held at Istanbul University from Thursday to Sunday marked the culmination of a year-long effort by international jurists, scholars, and civil society representatives to document what they describe as Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.
Presided over by Falk, the Gaza People’s Tribunal aimed to produce a comprehensive “people’s record” of what participants assert amounts to genocide, apartheid, and systemic violations of international law in Gaza.
Source: Anadolu Agency
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