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"We charge genocide! Support South Africa’s case charging Israel with genocide against Palestinians at the World Court—and urge the Biden administration to stop undermining the international community’s attempts to hold the Israeli government accountable for its mass atrocities. Sign the petition: https://jvp.org/wecharge

The Israeli government, and the racist ideology that underpins the state, is on trial. Palestinians have long recognized the genocidal intent behind both the words and actions of the Israeli government. Now, South Africa is charging Israel with committing genocide in Gaza, and bringing the case to the International Court of Justice.

South Africa’s case can stop this genocide. It requests the ICJ to issue provisional measures ordering Israel to cease its military activities in Gaza, stop killing and harming Palestinians, stop its forced displacement of them, and stop depriving them of adequate food and shelter.

The ICJ is the enforcer of international law between countries. Both the U.S. and Israel, as well as 150 other states, have signed the Genocide Convention, legally binding the states to prosecution and sanctions if they violate it.

The Genocide Convention is the statute that defines, under international law, what constitutes the crime of genocide. In horrifying detail, South Africa’s 84-page document describes a litany of Israeli actions as “genocidal in character, as they are committed with the requisite specific intent… to destroy Palestinians in Gaza as a part of the broader Palestinian national, racial, and ethnic group.” Swipe for evidence.

These avenues are opportunities for our movement. They are in line with the demands of BDS: to boycott, sanction, and divest from the Israeli government while it continues to violate international law in its oppression of Palestinians.

Palestinians and those fighting alongside them for their freedom have always known this is genocide. Now, as we watch the Israeli state stand trial, our movement has the opportunity to leverage global attention to the Israeli government’s crimes, demand an immediate stop to Israel’s military assaults and adherence to the sanctions that may come as a result."