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PM and Officials Charged with Enabling Israel's Gaza Genocide

5/7/2026

Summary

Story summary

A criminal complaint accuses the prime minister and officials of aiding Israel’s genocide via sovereign-wealth-fund arms investments.
Nobel laureate JM Coetzee, pro-Israel, now calls the Gaza campaign genocidal and skipped the May Jerusalem Writers Festival.
A United Nations (UN) inquiry committee and Amnesty International have each concluded that Israel’s Gaza actions amount to genocide.
Israeli forces control about 60 percent of Gaza, where shelling since October 2023 has killed over 72,000 Palestinians.

History

Historical Context

The 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which scholars estimate 500,000-800,000 Tutsi were killed after President Habyarimana’s plane was shot down, prompted the UN to create the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda that operated from 1994 until its closure on 31 December 2015. Rwanda’s tribunals now serve as a reference for calls to hold Gaza leaders accountable.

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Story summary

A criminal complaint accuses the prime minister and officials of aiding Israel’s genocide via sovereign-wealth-fund arms investments.
Nobel laureate JM Coetzee, pro-Israel, now calls the Gaza campaign genocidal and skipped the May Jerusalem Writers Festival.
A United Nations (UN) inquiry committee and Amnesty International have each concluded that Israel’s Gaza actions amount to genocide.
Israeli forces control about 60 percent of Gaza, where shelling since October 2023 has killed over 72,000 Palestinians.

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