The Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) issued a comprehensive media statement on Tuesday, citing reports from international legal experts, regional analysts, and humanitarian agencies to condemn Israel escalating military actions in Gaza and their broader implications for global governance.
The statement underscores mounting evidence of systemic violations of international law, with dire humanitarian consequences and geopolitical ripple effects.
Citing proceedings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the IPA highlighted remarks by Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, counsel for Palestine, who accused Israel of “deliberately obstructing the UN’s work” and targeting its agencies in “unprecedented” attacks.
The statement referenced The Guardian coverage of the case, where Ní Ghrálaigh argued Israel policies are “antithetical to a peace-loving state,” jeopardizing the international legal order.
Graig Mokhiber, former UN human rights director quoted in the IPA release, warned that U.S. complicity in shielding Israel risks legitimizing “a world where genocide goes unpunished.”
He urged the UN General Assembly to invoke “Uniting for Peace” to bypass U.S. vetoes and enforce a global embargo, while condemning Israel’s stripping of UNRWA’s diplomatic immunity as a “flagrant violation” demanding reciprocal sanctions against U.S. diplomats.
The IPA statement on Monday incorporated AntiWar.com reporting on 68 fatalities from a U.S. airstrike on a Yemeni migrant facility and 167 Palestinian deaths in Gaza over three days under Israel siege.
It also featured analysis from Hala Jaber, author of Hezbollah: Born with a Vengeance, accused the U.S. of enabling Lebanon “managed helplessness” by pressuring disarmament of Hezbollah—the country sole deterrent—amid 2,740 Israeli ceasefire violations since November.
Quoting the World Food Programme (WFP), the IPA warned that Gaza food stocks are now fully depleted, with famine “likely unfolding in almost all parts” of the enclave.
Jennifer Loewenstein, a Middle East scholar cited in the statement, rebuked U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee for tacitly endorsing starvation policies, urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to expand its arrest warrants to include U.S. officials.
The IPA referenced geopolitical analyst Trita Parsi’s speculation that a recent explosion in Iran Bandar Abbas—injuring 500—may reflect Israeli sabotage to derail nuclear talks.
Parsi, quoted in the release, cautioned that such acts align with a “pattern of escalating covert aggression” aimed at provoking Iranian withdrawal from negotiations.
Mokhiber, through the IPA statement, framed the crisis as a litmus test for international law: “If Israel’s impunity stands, the entire human rights project collapses.”
The IPA echoed his call for Arab governments to “protect Palestinians before it’s too late” and for the ICC to “end delays” in prosecuting complicit states.
The IPA’s synthesis of global voices paints a stark portrait of a legal and humanitarian order in peril, with Israel’s actions—and U.S. backing—testing the resilience of multilateral institu
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