Toch nog maar weer een uitspraak van een specialist in internationaal recht over dat continu ten onrechte aangevoerde argument (o.a. door de Nederlandse regering) dat Israel zijn recht op zelfverdediging aan het uitvoeren zou zijn.
Diana Buttu: “a state cannot simultaneously exercise control over territory it occupies and then militarily attack that territory on the claim that it poses a national security threat.”
“Israel is not defending itself, it is defending its colonial project,” said Buttu.
“Israel has made it clear what it intends to do in the Gaza Strip and nobody should be discounting their statements. They’ve made it clear that they intend to make the Gaza Strip smaller, they’ve made it clear that they intend to have fewer people in the Gaza Strip and the only way that you can do that is through genocide.”
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/op-ed-video-israel-palestine-war-occupier-does-not-have-right-defend-occupation
Over Diana Buttu, volgens Wikipedia: “Diana Buttu is a Palestinian-Canadian lawyer and a former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization. Best known for her work as a legal adviser and a participant in peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian organizations, she has since been associated with Stanford University, Harvard University, and the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU).” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Buttu