Farhad Malekian – Uppsala, Sweden

Series: Social Issues, Justice and Status; Human Rights: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives;
BISAC: SOC000000; LAW026000; POL014000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/QNBL8868

Over the course of several decades, successive Israeli empires have systematically perpetrated acts of destruction, humiliation, killings, and mass atrocities against the Palestinian population, exceeding even the atrocities committed against innocent Jews under German Nazism. The people of the State of Palestine have endured profound suffering, culminating in concerted efforts aimed at their complete annihilation with explicit backing from certain Western governments, including those of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany. These parties have blatantly violated both legal and moral principles established by the United Nations and the International Criminal Court. A comprehensive examination of these atrocities reveals that Zionist policies are designed to entirely displace Palestinians from their ancestral lands. The Israel Defence Forces have progressively enforced measures involving forced emigration and mass deportation of Palestinian populations. Consequently, military authoritarian regimes, arms trade empires characterised by hypocrisy, Zionist hierarchical structures, genocidal economic systems, and occupation empires have become entrenched realities indicating failures within international criminal justice. These failures have led to the brutal massacres of innocent civilians and children. This crisis is further compounded by lawyers, politicians, judges, and prosecutors who, despite identifying as legal professionals, demonstrate moral bankruptcy in their pursuit of status, wealth, and titles within a regime responsible for genocide. Amid this ethical decay among legal practitioners and the widespread infliction of grievous physical harm on millions, victims endure severe injustices. As a result, international criminal justice frameworks—including human rights law and humanitarian law—lose their efficacy in addressing an empire defined by genocide. The scale of this tragedy is profoundly disturbing.

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