CHOSSUDOVSKY, Michel. Anti-racist Jewish Canadian economics professor: "Netanyahu is a war criminal"

Michel Chossudovsky (anti-racist Jewish-Russian-origin Canadian economics professor and humanitarian activist) promoted the following petition to the UK parliament signed by over 100,000 (September 2015): “Benjamin Netanyahu is to hold talks in London this September. Under international law he should be arrested for war crimes upon arrival in the U.K for the massacre of over 2000 civilians in 2014” (Michel Chossudovsky, “ An arrest warrant for Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu when he arrives in London on September 9”, Global Research, 8 September 2015: http://www.globalresearch.ca/an-arrest-warrant-for-israels-prime-minister-netanyahu-when-he-arrives-in-london-on-september-9/5474750 ).

Michel Chossudovsky (anti-racist Jewish-Russian-origin Canadian economics professor and humanitarian activist) re the petition to the UK parliament signed by over 100,000 (September 2015): “Important Updates: Friday September 4th, more than 98,000 British citizens and residents have signed the petition. (see below). Saturday September 5th, we reached more than 100,000 signatures calling for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon his official state visit to the United Kingdom scheduled for September. Sunday: More than 104,000 have signed the petition. Upon reaching the 100,000 signatures, the petition will be considered for debate in the House of Commons. Our message to Netanyahu: you are a war criminal under international law. We call upon the people of Israel to initiate legal procedures within Israel against Prime Minister Netanyahu for the crimes committed against the people of Palestine” (Michel Chossudovsky, “Netanyahu is a war criminal: sign the petition to the British Parliament . “Netanyahu to be arrested when he arrives in London””, Global Research, 4 September 2015: http://www.globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-is-a-war-criminal-sign-the-petition-to-the-british-parliament/5469304 ).

Michel Chossudovsky (anti-racist Jewish Canadian, emeritus professor of economics, University of Ottawa, Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Member of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission (KLWCC)) (2020): “Israel is currently in the process of implementing the illegal annexation of Palestinian lands. The issue of “illegality” must be put in context. We are dealing with a broader issue: Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against the People of Palestine. Annexation is a crime against Humanity. And the Western governments which support Israel’s actions or turn a blind eye are complicit. Donald Trump has given the Green Light to Netanyahu. Trump is responsible for supporting and endorsing an illegal and criminal undertaking” (Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal and Michel Chossudovsky, “Israel guilty of crimes against humanity, genocide against the people of Palestine”, Global Research, 2 July 2020: https://www.globalresearch.ca/kuala-lumpur-tribunal-finds-israel-guilty-of-crimes-against-humanity-genocide/5359404 .

[Editor note on direct Netanyahu complicity in Israeli war crimes: present Israeli PM Netanyahu was a member of the IDF from 1967-1973 illegally operating in Egyptian, Syrian, Lebanese, Palestinian and Jordanian territory; leader of neo-Nazi Likud Party in 1993; PM 1996-1999; Foreign Affairs Minister , (2002–2003) and Finance Minister (2003–2005) in Ariel Sharon's governments; official Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset and Chairman of Likud in 2006; 2009 – present, 3 terms as PM of Apartheid Israel. Netanyahu was thus directly complicit as a MP, government minister or PM in the 1989-2002 illegal Israeli occupation of Lebanon; the 2008–2009 Gaza Massacre (aka Operation Cast Lead; 1,417 Palestinian killed, 5,300 wounded), the 2012 Gaza Massacre (aka Operation Pillar of Defense; 174 Palestinians killed, 1,000 wounded) and the 2014 Gaza Massacre (aka Operation Protective Edge; 2,310 Palestinians killed, 11,000 wounded, 500,000 people displaced). From 2004 to 2014, Gaza rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza from 2004 onwards killed 32 Israelis, with overall deaths including 27 Israeli civilians, 5 foreign nationals, 5 IDF soldiers, and at least 11 Palestinians, with the injured totalling more than 1900 people (“Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel”, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel ).

One notes that the homicide rate in Israel is 24 per million (“Crime in Israel”, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Israel ) and with an average Israeli population of 7.42 million in the period 2005-2015 (UN Population Division: https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ ) one can estimate 178 Israeli homicides per year x 12 years = 2,136 Israeli homicides in the 12 year period of 2004-2016, as compared to 32 Israeli deaths from Gaza rockets and mortars in the same period, 32 Israeli deaths for which Apartheid Israel exacted a deadly revenge of 3,901 Palestinians killed, 17,300 wounded , 500,000 rendered homeless, about 50,000 Palestinian avoidable deaths from imposed deprivation, and 2.0 million Gazans, half of them children, significantly traumatized by indiscriminate Israeli army, navy and air force high explosive bombardment of the most densely populated zone in the world].