One critic described Matthew Miller’s attack on United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese as a “Trumpian smearing of a principled human rights expert.”

“Israel’s genocide on the Palestinians in Gaza is an escalatory stage of a long-standing settler-colonial process of erasure.”

In their historic case against “the ongoing slaughter of the people of Gaza,” South Africa opened its presentation at the Hague with what rights experts deemed “chilling” and “devastating” evidence of Israel’s genocidal intent in “an exceptionally brutal military campaign” — from vast civilian death...

“Israel is pressing others to denounce the case in the hope of persuading the International Court of Justice to decide based on politics rather than the facts,” said one critic.

“In general, it’s hard to prove an intention of genocide because no public statements to that effect are made during the fighting,” said one expert. “But these irresponsible statements about erasing Gaza will require Israel to explain why they don’t reflect such an intention.”

Deputy Knesset Speaker Nissim Vaturi is one of many Israeli leaders who have made genocidal statements against Palestinians.