The following institutions, countries, and entities accuse Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinian people.
International Organizations:
Amnesty International: In December 2024, Amnesty International released a report concluding that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. They stated that Israel has carried out acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.
Human Rights Watch (HRW): In December 2024, HRW issued a report stating that Israel's conduct in Gaza includes acts of genocide, particularly by deliberately depriving Palestinians of water. They argue that these actions, combined with statements from Israeli officials, may amount to the crime of genocide.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders: MSF also released a report in December 2024, concluding that acts consistent with genocide are taking place in Gaza, highlighting the targeting and destruction of Gaza's health system.
UN Special Rapporteurs:
Francesca Albanese (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967): In a March 2024 report, Francesca Albanese stated that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Israel has committed acts of genocide in Gaza. In a later report from October 2024, she suggested that genocide should be seen as integral to Israel's aim of colonizing Palestinian land and removing Palestinians.
UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices: In a November 2024 report, the committee stated that Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, citing mass civilian casualties and the intentional imposition of life-threatening conditions.
Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory: In a March 2025 report, the commission examined Israel's widespread destruction in Gaza and the disproportionate violence against women and children, noting that specific gendered harms suffered by women and girls as a result of the conflict could amount to extermination, a prohibited act under the Genocide Convention.
Countries:
South Africa: In December 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging that Israel's conduct in Gaza{C} amounts to genocide and requesting provisional measures, including a halt to Israel's military operations. Several countries, including Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Ireland, Spain, Libya, Maldives, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Türkiye, have joined or signaled their intention to join South Africa's case.
Qatar: The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, has accused Israel of committing "collective genocide" in Gaza.
Center for Constitutional Rights (US): This US-based legal advocacy group released a legal analysis in October 2023 asserting that Israel's actions in Gaza constitute violations of the Genocide Convention and criticized the US administration's role.
Scholars: Academics and scholars have argued that Israel's actions against Palestinians meet the definition of genocide.
In January 2024, the ICJ issued a preliminary ruling in South Africa's case, stating that it is plausible that Israel's actions in Gaza could amount to genocide and ordering Israel to take all measures within its power to prevent acts of genocide. The court did not, however, make a definitive ruling on whether genocide has occurred. The case is ongoing.
In May 2024, the ICJ ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah, which some experts interpreted as a measure to prevent further genocidal acts.
Despite the weight of the evidence from several recognized and credible organizations that firmly establish that Israel is committing genocide of the Palestinian people, democratic nations aid and abet Israel in the genocide. For any legislator to enable the extermination of a mass of humanity for no adequate reason is beyond comprehension. These legislatures ate traitors to the ideals and concepts that established the nations.