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Is the Gaza transfer plan illegal?

Asked 7 hours ago

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Legal experts and international figures widely condemn the Gaza transfer plan as illegal, potentially constituting a war crime and crime against humanity under international law, including the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute. The plan is described as ethnic cleansing and compared to a concentration zone or large prison.

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Why Israel's transfer plan may be a possible war crime
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Al Jazeera
8 hours ago
Why Israel's transfer plan may be a possible war crime

Sixteen Israeli legal experts describe the plan as a blatantly illegal order, which, if implemented, could constitute a war crime and a crime against humanity.

Why Israel's transfer plan may be a possible war crime
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Al Jazeera
8 hours ago
Why Israel's transfer plan may be a possible war crime

Israeli legal experts warn the transfer plan could amount to a war crime and a crime against humanity.

Proposed Rafah 'humanitarian city' compared to a slaughterhouse
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10 News First
3 days ago
Proposed Rafah 'humanitarian city' compared to a slaughterhouse

Herding people into cities where they are not permitted to leave flies directly in the face of international law. The Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court say this constitutes a war crime.

Proposed Rafah 'humanitarian city' compared to a slaughterhouse
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10 News First
3 days ago
Proposed Rafah 'humanitarian city' compared to a slaughterhouse

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark wrote that this plan amounts to ethnic cleansing and likely crimes against humanity.

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