Common Claims / Questions
“Palestine doesn’t exist”
Palestine is formally recognized as a state by 157 out of 193 member states of the United Nations, including the United Kingdom.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Palestine
- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-formally-recognises-palestinian-state
“It’s not genocide / There is no genocide”
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel has held that Israel is committing 4 out of the 5 genocidal acts defined in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Specifically;
- Killing
- Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of the Palestinians in whole or in part
- Imposing measures intended to prevent births