Inter­na­tional petition to the UN General Assembly to set up a special inter­na­tional penal court to try Israeli war crimes, notably in the Gaza Strip :

Because it was in our name that in 1945 the United Nations charter was signed…

Because it was in our name that in 1947 the Par­tition plan for Palestine was approved by the UN General Assembly…

Because it was in our name that in 1949 the Geneva Conventions were signed…

Because not a single UN res­ol­ution on Palestine, also adopted in our name, has been imple­mented by the state of Israel ; and because the latter has, since its found­ation, con­stantly violated the UN prin­ciples and the inter­na­tional con­ven­tions, in com­plete impunity and with growing cyn­icism, We, cit­izens of the world, have the duty today to remind the inter­na­tional com­munity of its obligations !

We solemnly request

that the UN General Assembly make use of its power to create sub­si­diary bodies in order to set up an ad-​​hoc penal court (as was done for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda by the Security Council) and try the crimes com­mitted in Palestine.

As of today we demand :

 The end of all and any exaction against the Palestinian people and an inter­na­tional pro­tection of the latter

 The full and complete lifting of the siege on the Gaza Strip

 The man­datory imple­ment­ation of all UN res­ol­u­tions on Palestine and the pre­scription of inter­na­tional law, under the con­straint of inter­na­tional sanc­tions if need be. Israel is a state like any other, with the same rights and the same duties.

We request spe­cifically that any accord of cooper­ation with Israel be sus­pended until that state respects the UN resolutions.

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