It's about time ...

South African judge Navi Pillay, who chaired the independent United Nations commission of inquiry, speaking at a press conference in Geneva. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

It's about time ...

A United Nations commission published a 72-page report on Tuesday
that concluded Israel has committed a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

“It is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention,” said Navi Pillay, chair of the commission. The commission’s findings specifically determined that Israel has perpetrated at least four of the five acts of genocide as defined by the 1948 Geneva Convention.

The report adds yet another voice to the growing consensus that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza constitutes a genocide. Leading international, Palestinian, and Israeli human rights organizations have already released reports saying so. More recently, the International Association of Genocide Scholars passed a resolution that stated the same conclusion. They have been joined by at least 20 members of Congress who have called the war in Gaza a genocide.

The two latest members of Congress to make that statement did so after the UN commission’s report was released. “The intent is clear. The conclusion is inescapable: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza,” Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wrote in an op-ed on Wednesday. In another op-ed, Rep. Becca Balint, a Democrat from Vermont, echoed the sentiment.

The question to ask is ... how do we stop it? Easy, no more ordinance and. statehood for Palestine.

The US could do this in a nanosecond but won't. Tragic says it all.