ALBAWABA - In an open letter addressing the German government, 600+ academics and writers signed a petition letter demanding that Germany "stops supporting the annihilation of Palestinians".
The signatories said that Germany has an obligation to cease complicity in the ongoing Israeli crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, being a part of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide and the Rome Statute.
The cosignatories added that the German government has been providing Israel with all means of "political, financial, military, and legal support", therefore, Germany is considered to be "actively participating in the killing and dehumanization of Palestinians,".
"We demand that the German government does its part by taking immediate action in light of the provisional measures ordered by the ICJ in the case South Africa v. Israel in January, March, and May this year and to respect the ICJ’s advisory opinion that declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory unlawful in July," the letter reads.
Among the signatories were European, Palestinian, and other Arab academics including; Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Palestinian Suregon and Rector at the University of Glasgow, French economist and professor Thomas Piketty, American-German writer Deborah Feldman in addition to many more.
The letter demanded the German government to impose a full arms embargo on Israel; "cancel or suspend economic relationships, trade agreements and academic relations with Israel that may contribute to its unlawful presence and apartheid regime in the occupied Palestinian territory".
Israeli Aggression on Gaza
Since October 7th, 2023, the latest statistics by the Ministry of Health in Gaza revealed that the death toll from Israeli brutal pounding on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has soared to 43,552+ people, with more than 102,765+ injuries.
Since then, the vast majority of Gazans have been displaced, all of whom are suffering from severe food insecurity, and the healthcare system has collapsed, with most hospitals operating on primitive measures due to the lack of aid entering the war-torn enclave.
