{"id":642381,"date":"2026-10-10T17:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T17:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/642381\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T17:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T17:20:18","slug":"us-democratic-senator-slams-israeli-violations-of-intl-law-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/642381\/","title":{"rendered":"US Democratic Senator Slams Israeli Violations of Int\u2019l Law in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image_btn\" style=\"margin:0px;\" title=\"US Democratic Senator Slams Israeli Violations of Int\u2019l Law in Gaza\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f9c4056aZjo0NDQ1MzkwLnBuZ3xmdWk6MjM3OTU0fGw6ZW58djox.png\" alt=\"Destruction resulting from Israeli attacks in Gaza\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Senator Jon Ossoff made the remark while responding to a question at a Georgia Senate debate Thursday on whether Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Ossoff said genocide requires a specific intent to destroy a national or ethnic group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u201cThe question of genocide is a question of whether a government has the specific intent to destroy a national or ethnic group,\u201d Ossoff said, adding that the determination was a matter for the International Criminal Court (ICC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u201cThere is no doubt in my mind that Israeli forces prosecuting the war in Gaza violated the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Ossoff, who is seeking reelection to the Senate, also defended his previous votes to block some US arms transfers to Israel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u201cI care deeply about the security of the Israeli people, among whom are members of my family,\u201d he said. \u201cI also care about innocent Palestinian life and make no apology for my votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Ossoff made the remarks during his first televised debate with Republican challenger Rep. Mike Collins ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Read More: <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">UN bodies, experts and rights organizations have determined that Israel committed a genocide in Gaza, where it killed more than 74,000 people, injured many more and destroyed most of the infrastructure in the last three years. The International Court of Justice continues its proceedings to determine if Israel committed the genocide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Meanwhile, the ICC issued in 2024 arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Source: Anadolu Agency \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Senator Jon Ossoff made the remark while responding to a question at a Georgia Senate debate Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[69,1901,85,46,96871,43,244907],"class_list":["post-642381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-gaza-strip","tag-genocide","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israeli-regime","tag-news","tag-us-senator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}