Independent Voices
Diverse voices speaking out against Zionism and the genocide
United Nations
Section titled “United Nations”The United Nations is the primary intergovernmental organisation whose purposes are to maintain international peace and security
Genocide In The Making
Section titled “Genocide In The Making”“Grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to a genocide in the making”
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights), 16th November 2023, Press Release
Plausibility of Genocide
Section titled “Plausibility of Genocide”“At least some of the acts and omissions alleged by South Africa to have been committed by Israel in Gaza appear to be capable of falling within the provisions of the Convention… The Court considers that there is a real and imminent risk that irreparable prejudice will be caused to the rights found by the Court to be plausible.”
International Court of Justice, Order of 26 January 2024 (South Africa v. Israel), Official Order
Unlawful Presence in the OPT
Section titled “Unlawful Presence in the OPT”“The State of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful… Israel is under an obligation to bring to an end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible.”
International Court of Justice, Advisory Opinion, 19 July 2024, Official Opinion
Arrest Warrant Applications
Section titled “Arrest Warrant Applications”“crimes against humanity and war crimes… including starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, willfully causing great suffering, and intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population.”
International Criminal Court Prosecutor, 20 May 2024, Statement
Threshold of Genocide Met
Section titled “Threshold of Genocide Met”“The threshold indicating the commission of the crime of genocide… has been met.”
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the OPT, 20 October 2025, Report: “Gaza Genocide: a collective crime”
Food as a Weapon of War
Section titled “Food as a Weapon of War”“We are witnessing a situation of genocide… Israel has destroyed the food system in Gaza and used food as a weapon of war.”
Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, 5 March 2024, OHCHR
Graveyard for Children
Section titled “Graveyard for Children”“Gaza has become a graveyard for children and families.”
UNICEF, 6 December 2024, Statement
No Place Is Safe
Section titled “No Place Is Safe”“UNRWA buildings have been hit… No place is safe, not even UN facilities.”
UNRWA Situation Report #86, 6 March 2024, ReliefWeb
Possible Genocide
Section titled “Possible Genocide”“could amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and possibly even genocide.”
UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), November 2024, OPT Reports
Text-book Case Of Genocide
Section titled “Text-book Case Of Genocide”“This is a text-book case of genocide. The European, ethno-nationalist, settler colonial project in Palestine has entered its final phase, toward the expedited destruction of the last remnants of indigenous Palestinian life in Palestine.”
Craig Mokhiber, 28 October 2023, Resignation Letter, Former Director in the New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Turning Into An Abyss
Section titled “Turning Into An Abyss”“The people of Gaza are looking into the abyss.”
António Guterres, UN Secretary General Dec 8, 2023 Twitter
Hungriest People in the World
Section titled “Hungriest People in the World”“Four out of five of the hungriest people anywhere in the world are in Gaza.”
António Guterres, UN Secretary General Dec 22, 2023 OCHA
Unimaginable Loss, Destruction, and Misery
Section titled “Unimaginable Loss, Destruction, and Misery”“Two months of war has caused unimaginable loss, destruction, and misery. Thousands have been killed, millions are displaced. The humanitarian system is collapsing. Everyone in #Gaza is hungry.”
Carl Skau, Chief Operating Officer, World Food Programme, December 6th, 2023 Twitter
Pope Francis
Section titled “Pope Francis”Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza
Section titled “Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza”“The situation in #Gaza is desperate. Please let everything possible be done to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe. The possible widening of the conflict is disturbing. Let the weapons be silenced; let the cry for peace be heard from the poor, from the people, from the children!”
18th October 2024, Twitter
Archbishop of Canterbury
Section titled “Archbishop of Canterbury”We should not become numb to this injustice
Section titled “We should not become numb to this injustice”“Israel’s prosecution of this war has destroyed large parts of the Gaza Strip – decimating infrastructure essential to human survival. The scarcity of humanitarian access to and within the Strip continues to prevent aid workers from distributing life-saving supplies. We should not become numb to this injustice.”
21st March 2024, Rev. Justin Welby The Archbishop of Canterbury
Médecins Sans Frontières
Section titled “Médecins Sans Frontières”Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors Without Borders in English, is a charity that provides humanitarian medical care.
Blatant disregard for medical facilities
Section titled “Blatant disregard for medical facilities”“Israel has shown a blatant and total disregard for the protection of Gaza’s medical facilities. We are watching as hospitals are turned into morgues and ruins”
MSF President Dr Christos Christou writing to the United Nations Security Council, 4 December 2023, MSF
Healthcare System Dismantled
Section titled “Healthcare System Dismantled”“Since October 2023, the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip has been systematically dismantled.”
Médecins Sans Frontières, 24 November 2023, Strikes, raids and incursions: a year of relentless attacks on healthcare in Palestine
Amnesty International
Section titled “Amnesty International”Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.
System of Apartheid
Section titled “System of Apartheid”“Israel’s continuing oppressive and discriminatory system of governing Palestinians in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) constituted a system of apartheid, and Israeli officials committed the crime of apartheid under international law.”
Amnesty International, Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories, Annual Report 2023
Damning Evidence of War Crimes
Section titled “Damning Evidence of War Crimes”“Damning evidence of war crimes as Israeli attacks wipe out entire families in Gaza.”
20 October 2023, Amnesty International
Acts Prohibited Under the Genocide Convention
Section titled “Acts Prohibited Under the Genocide Convention”“Israel has carried out acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.”
1 February 2022, Amnesty International
Crime Against Humanity
Section titled “Crime Against Humanity”“Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, Amnesty International said today in a damning new report.”
October 2023, Amnesty International.
Highlighting Civilian Suffering
Section titled “Highlighting Civilian Suffering”“Civilian deaths in Gaza continue to rise at a staggering rate amid relentless Israeli bombardment, in response to the horrific attacks in Israel by Hamas and other armed groups that resulted in 1,400 people killed and the abduction of civilians.”
October 2023 Amnesty International
Escalation of Violence
Section titled “Escalation of Violence”“The current escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza is unprecedented. The conflict has already killed thousands of people, exacerbated humanitarian suffering in Gaza and had devastating consequences for civilians.”
October 15, 2023Amnesty International
B’Tselem
Section titled “B’Tselem”B’Tselem is an Israeli human rights organization whose stated goals are to document human rights violations in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.
This is Apartheid
Section titled “This is Apartheid”“Israel’s regime of apartheid and occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations. B’Tselem strives to end this regime, as that is the only way forward to a future in which human rights, democracy, liberty and equality are ensured to all people, both Palestinian and Israeli, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.”
October 2022, B’Tselem
Violating Moral Principles
Section titled “Violating Moral Principles”“There are rules and laws in war. Israel does not deny this, and even purports to be following them. Yet in this war, Israel has removed all restraints, committing war crimes and violating fundamental moral principles. In an attempt to absolve itself of responsibility, Israel says Hamas is responsible for the killing of civilians by using them as human shields and firing from within the civilian population. But the responsibility lies with those who do the killing. The fact that Hamas is committing crimes in no way relieves Israel of its obligations, which it is criminally breaching.”
08 November 2023, B’Tselem
Human Rights Watch
Section titled “Human Rights Watch”Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.
War Crimes
Section titled “War Crimes”“The early warning signs are also clearly visible and include hateful and dehumanizing rhetoric; statements threatening harm to civilians; and serious violations of the laws of war that amount to war crimes.”
November 15th 2023 Farida Deif, In the Israel-Palestine Crisis, Preventing Mass Atrocities is Key
White Phosphorus Used in Gaza
Section titled “White Phosphorus Used in Gaza”“Israel: White Phosphorus Used in Gaza, Lebanon.”
Human Rights Watch, October 12, 2023, Investigation
Starvation as a Weapon of War
Section titled “Starvation as a Weapon of War”“the crime against humanity of extermination and acts of genocide.”
Human Rights Watch, December 18, 2023, Starvation Used as Weapon of War
Apartheid and Persecution
Section titled “Apartheid and Persecution”Israeli government practices and policies that violate the basic rights of Palestinians and whose purpose is to ensure the domination of Jewish Israelis, and assesses them against the definitions of the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution.
April 2021, A Threshold Crossed, Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Section titled “International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)”FIDH is an international human rights organisation with national member groups worldwide.
Unfolding Genocide
Section titled “Unfolding Genocide”“Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute an unfolding genocide.”
International Federation for Human Rights, 12 December 2023, Statement
Reporters Without Borders
Section titled “Reporters Without Borders”Reporters Without Borders (RSF) defends press freedom and the right to information.
Targeting Journalists Is a War Crime
Section titled “Targeting Journalists Is a War Crime”“Targeting journalists is a war crime.”
Reporters Without Borders, 1 November 2023, ICC Complaint
Committee to Protect Journalists
Section titled “Committee to Protect Journalists”The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) promotes press freedom and tracks journalist casualties.
Deadliest Period on Record
Section titled “Deadliest Period on Record”“the deadliest period for journalists since CPJ began gathering data in 1992.”
Committee to Protect Journalists, 13 October 2023, Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war
International Committee of the Red Cross
Section titled “International Committee of the Red Cross”The ICRC is a neutral and independent organisation providing humanitarian protection and assistance.
Humanitarian Response on Verge of Collapse
Section titled “Humanitarian Response on Verge of Collapse”“After two months of aid blockage, humanitarian response in Gaza on verge of total collapse.”
International Committee of the Red Cross, 2 May 2025, News Release
Hospitals Risk Turning Into Morgues
Section titled “Hospitals Risk Turning Into Morgues”“Hospitals risk turning into morgues.”
International Committee of the Red Cross, 12 October 2023, Statement
Oxfam International
Section titled “Oxfam International”Oxfam International is a confederation of NGOs working to end global poverty and injustice.
Water as a Weapon of War
Section titled “Water as a Weapon of War”“the systematic deprivation of water as a weapon of war.”
Oxfam, 18 July 2024, Press Release
Save the Children
Section titled “Save the Children”Save the Children is an international NGO focused on children’s rights and protection.
Children Killed in Three Weeks
Section titled “Children Killed in Three Weeks”“The number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world’s conflict zones since 2019.”
Save the Children, 29 October 2023, Press Release
Academic and Legal Scholarship
Section titled “Academic and Legal Scholarship”Academic and legal bodies assessing the evidence and legal thresholds for genocide.
Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes and Genocide
Section titled “Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes and Genocide”“the government of Israel has engaged in systematic and widespread crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide”
International Association of Genocide Scholars, 30 August 2025, IAGS Resolution on the Situation in Gaza (PDF)
Active Genocide Alert
Section titled “Active Genocide Alert”“Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians across Palestine.”
Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, 27 December 2023, Active Genocide Alert
Genocidal Acts
Section titled “Genocidal Acts”“Israel has committed genocidal acts… targeting Palestinians in Gaza as a protected group.”
University Network for Human Rights, 15 May 2024, Genocide in Gaza
Scholars Warn of Genocide
Section titled “Scholars Warn of Genocide”“we are compelled to sound the alarm about the possibility of the crime of genocide being perpetrated by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.”
TWAILR, 15 October 2023, Public Statement
Textbook Case of Genocide
Section titled “Textbook Case of Genocide”“Israel’s assault on Gaza is a textbook case of genocide.”
Raz Segal, 13 October 2023, Jewish Currents
Nelson Mandela
Section titled “Nelson Mandela”Right of Self-Determination
Section titled “Right of Self-Determination”“We identify with the PLO because just like ourselves they are fighting for the right of self-determination”
1990. ABC News.
Our Freedom is Incomplete
Section titled “Our Freedom is Incomplete”“We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
4th December 1997. Address at International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
Desmond Tutu
Section titled “Desmond Tutu”Parallels to South Africa
Section titled “Parallels to South Africa”“I know first-hand that Israel has created an apartheid reality within its borders and through its occupation. The parallels to my own beloved South Africa are painfully stark indeed”
Jun 16, 2014. Presbyterian General Assembly
Blind Eye to Injustice
Section titled “Blind Eye to Injustice”“Those who turn a blind eye to injustice actually perpetuate injustice. If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”.
(Criticising Israeli policies toward the Palestinians.)
March 10, 2014. The Jerusalem Post
James Baldwin
Section titled “James Baldwin”Divide and rule
Section titled “Divide and rule”“But the state of Israel was not created for the salvation of the Jews; it was created for the salvation of the Western interests. This is what is becoming clear (I must say that it was always clear to me). The Palestinians have been paying for the British colonial policy of ‘divide and rule’ and for Europe’s guilty Christian conscience for more than thirty years.”
September 29, 1979. Open Letter to the Born Again