The UN reporter accused the UK of denying the genocide in Gaza

According to Isna, Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, called British Foreign Minister David Lemmy a “genocide denier” and said that Britain did “nothing” to prevent atrocities in Gaza. has not done

The Middle East Eye News site published this article and wrote: In an interview with Middle East Eye on Wednesday, Albanese reacted to Lemmy’s statements in late October, in which he denied Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

He said that Lemmy’s statement may have been made with “political expediency”, but nevertheless, such a statement would make someone a “genocide denier”. This UN official stated that he did not know that Lemy was a lawyer, adding that it is surprising to hear such an opinion from someone who is familiar with the law.

David Lemmy said on October 29 that the Zionist regime is not committing genocide in Gaza, because the number of martyrs in its attacks does not reach millions!

He said in the British Parliament: “Words like genocide are mainly used when millions of people have lost their lives in crises like Rwanda, World War II, the Holocaust, and the way it is used now diminishes its seriousness. “

Meanwhile, Albanese stated in his interview with Middle East Eye: The cases he refers to, such as Rwanda and the Holocaust, genocide in them has led to mass killings and massive destruction. But it is not the numbers of those killed that determine whether genocide has been committed or not, every lawyer knows this.

He added: It is possible that some subjects of legal sciences have made Mr. Lemy reach the conclusion he expressed.

Albanese said: By doing this, he also ignores the genocide in Australia, Canada or the United States, where genocide was carried out and in the first place, it was not through mass killing, but rather the destruction of the Australian aborigine generation so that they could be removed from the European white colonial society. disappear

However, Lemmy’s office, in response to Albanese’s statement, claimed that the British Foreign Secretary did not specifically say that the occurrence of genocide requires “the killing of millions of people”. A spokesman for the British Foreign Office told Middle East Eye: “He only meant that this word is ‘mainly’ used for such cases.”

In justifying the British Foreign Minister’s statements in support of the actions of the Zionist regime, he said: The long-standing policy of England has been that any judgment on whether genocide has occurred or not is a matter that must be dealt with by a competent national or international court or governments and institutions. be investigated non-judicially.

Middle East Eye continued: In January, the International Court of Justice said in a preliminary ruling that Israel may have violated the 1948 Genocide Convention. This court immediately adopted a measure and warned Israel to guarantee that its army refrains from any actions related to genocide against Palestinians. It may take several years for the International Court of Justice to issue a full ruling on the case, which was brought by South Africa in December.

So far, several genocide experts and research groups, including the “Prevention of Genocide” think tank, have also said that the actions of the Zionist regime in Gaza are considered genocide.

In another part of the interview with Middle East Eye, Albanese stated that the British Labor government is not doing anything to prevent genocide, which is one of the legal obligations set out in the Genocide Convention.

He added: “The question that should be asked to Mr. Lemmy is, what is England doing to prevent genocide?” The International Court of Justice has confirmed the possibility of this genocide.

Furthermore, how does he describe the complete destruction of Gaza, from homes to mosques, churches, hospitals and bakeries? Why have 17,000 children died as we watched and what has Britain done to stop it? nothing

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