{"id":10124,"date":"2024-04-08T17:11:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/?p=10124"},"modified":"2024-04-08T17:14:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:14:23","slug":"gaza-aid-convoy-attack-result-of-israeli-impunity-response-shows-extent-of-palestinians-dehumanization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/gaza-aid-convoy-attack-result-of-israeli-impunity-response-shows-extent-of-palestinians-dehumanization\/","title":{"rendered":"'Gaza aid convoy attack result of Israeli impunity, response shows extent of Palestinians' dehumanization'"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>World Central Kitchen attack has garnered more media attention than deadly Israeli raid on Al-Shifa Hospital, which is &#8216;deeply dangerous logic&#8217; that indicates the extent of the &#8216;dehumanization of Palestinians,&#8217; Elborno tells Anadolu<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>&#8216;States need to put pressure on Israel by imposing arms embargoes, by imposing sanctions, by cutting ties with Israel in order to force it to comply with its international obligations,&#8217; says lawyer<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LONDON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel\u2019s killing of food aid workers is \u201creprehensible\u201d but not surprising, as it has been targeting journalists, doctors, health workers and aid workers with \u201cfull impunity for six months,\u201d according to a Palestinian-American lawyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with Anadolu, Lara Elborno denounced last Monday&#8217;s attack on a convoy of US-based charity World Central Kitchen (WCK), saying the targeting of civilians and aid workers must stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIsrael\u2019s deliberate killing of seven aid workers is reprehensible, but it&#8217;s nothing new. Israel has been targeting Palestinians, journalists, doctors, health workers, aid workers and UN workers with full impunity for six months now, and it must be stopped,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The April 1 attack killed seven aid workers \u2013 three British nationals, an Australian, a Polish national, a US-Canadian dual citizen, and a Palestinian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has triggered strong condemnation around the globe and calls for accountability, with many, including WCK founder Jose Andres, disputing Israel\u2019s claim that it was a \u201cmistake\u201d and a case of \u201cmisidentification.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elborno said she disagrees with the notion that the killing of foreign WCK aid workers is somehow more relevant or more devastating than the context in which they were killed, \u201cwhich is the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn day 180 now of Israel&#8217;s genocide, the Palestinian people are reeling from one of the largest massacres in our history,\u201d she said, referring to the recent Israeli siege and attacks that completely destroyed Gaza&#8217;s Al-Shifa Hospital, leaving hundreds killed including displaced families, patients and doctors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, that took place around the same time that Israel killed these seven aid workers, and \u201cthe media has unfortunately been more interested in the latter story,\u201d Elborno noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said this is \u201cdeeply dangerous logic\u201d that indicates the extent of the \u201cdehumanization of Palestinians,\u201d and that Palestinian deaths are \u201csomehow inevitable or natural.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She asserted that this has paved the way for \u201cthis genocide and allowed Israel to get away with it for the last 180 days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Call for arms embargoes, sanctions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel, which is facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has now killed nearly 33,200 Palestinians in Gaza, a majority of them women and children, and injured almost 76,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has laid waste to most of the enclave, displacing millions and leaving them facing starvation due to a crippling blockade on aid and essentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elborno pointed out that Israel continues to kill Palestinians despite two ICJ orders, a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, and a damning report by UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese which said there are \u201creasonable grounds\u201d to believe it is committing genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYet the US has continued to funnel weapons, to cooperate in matters of intelligence, and it has kept the funds flowing, and so Israel continues to act emboldened and kill and starve more Palestinians in Gaza,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said this underscores the importance and need for \u201curgent sanctions\u201d and arms embargoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStates need to put pressure on Israel by imposing arms embargoes, by imposing sanctions, by cutting ties with Israel in order to force it to comply with its international obligations to end this genocide, to dismantle its apartheid regime, to stop its 75-year-long violation of the Palestinian right to return and Palestinian self-determination,\u201d said Elborno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked whether countries supplying Israel could face legal challenges in the future, she replied that \u201crisk has already materialized,\u201d pointing to the US-based Center for Constitutional Rights\u2019 case against the Biden administration for complicity and Nicaragua\u2019s proceedings against Germany for its violations of the Genocide Convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone responsible, whether Israel or its Western backers, must be brought to justice,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is essential because if such violations of international law go unchecked, they will become the \u201cnew precedent\u201d for other states, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery violation that Israel gets away with becomes a new practice that can be accepted elsewhere \u2026 I think taking a stand against Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza is therefore the only logical human position if one values human life and the future of humanity altogether,\u201d said Elborno.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source: AA)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Central Kitchen attack has garnered more media attention than deadly Israeli raid on Al-Shifa Hospital, which is &#8216;deeply dangerous logic&#8217; 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