Haaretz: Omer Shatz, Israeli Law Professor, Files Landmark Genocide Case Against Government
January 28, 2025An Israeli lawyer has filed submissions to the ICC against 8 Israeli officials including Netanyahu and Herzog for incitement to genocide.
Omer Shatz, an Israeli lawyer, is filing a lawsuit at the International Criminal Court against eight Israeli officials, including President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for incitement to genocide against Palestinians.
A 170-page submission, which he says took a year to prepare with students at the International Law In Action clinic at Sciences Po in Paris, where he is a lecturer, accuses the eight, who also include the former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, of having “publicly and directly incited others to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza”
The other accused are the current Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, retired major general Giora Eiland, Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and the journalist Zvi Yehezkeli.
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