{"id":232354,"date":"2025-02-05T13:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T13:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/trumps-gaza-takeover-would-be-illegal-under-international-law-experts-say\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T13:14:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T13:14:05","slug":"trumps-gaza-takeover-would-be-illegal-under-international-law-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/trumps-gaza-takeover-would-be-illegal-under-international-law-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Gaza Takeover Would Be Illegal Under International Law, Experts Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05interpreter-gaza-bfvq\/05interpreter-gaza-bfvq-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Trump\u2019s Gaza Takeover Would Be Illegal Under International Law, Experts Say\" title=\"Trump\u2019s Gaza Takeover Would Be Illegal Under International Law, Experts Say\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/04\/us\/politics\/trump-gaza-strip-netanyahu.html\" title=\"\">proposal<\/a> for the United States to take over Gaza, transfer its population to Egypt and Jordan and redevelop it into the \u201cRiviera of the Middle East\u201d would unquestionably be a severe violation of international law, experts say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Forced deportation or transfer of a civilian population is a violation of international humanitarian law, a war crime and a crime against humanity. The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/ihl-databases.icrc.org\/en\/customary-ihl\/v1\/rule129\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">prohibition<\/a> against forced deportations of civilians has been a part of the law of war since the Lieber Code, a set of rules on the conduct of hostilities, was promulgated by Union forces during the U.S. Civil War. It is prohibited by multiple provisions of the Geneva Conventions, and the Nuremberg Tribunal after World War II defined it as a war crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court lists forcible population transfers as both a war crime and a crime against humanity. And if the displacement is focused on a particular group based on their ethnic, religious or national identity, then it is also persecution \u2014 an additional crime. (Because Palestine is a party to the International Criminal Court, the court has jurisdiction over those crimes if they take place within Gaza, even if they are committed by citizens of the United States, which is not a member of the court.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When Mr. Trump was asked how much of Gaza\u2019s population he wanted to move, he said, \u201call of them,\u201d adding, \u201cI would think that they would be thrilled.\u201d And when he was pressed on whether he would force them to go even if they did not want to, Mr. Trump said, \u201cI don\u2019t think they\u2019re going to tell me no.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Janina Dill, the co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, said in a statement that forcing Gazans to leave would be a crime: \u201cThe scale of such an undertaking, the level of coercion and force required, hence the gravity, make this a straightforward crime against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It would be a further, severe violation for the United States to permanently take over the territory of Gaza. The specifics of that violation would depend partly on whether Palestine is considered a state, said Marko Milanovic, a professor of international law at the University of Reading in England. The United Nations has recognized Palestinian statehood, but the United States has not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The prohibition on one state annexing all or part of another state\u2019s territory is one of the most <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4806600\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">important, foundational principles<\/a> of international law. \u201cThere\u2019s a clear rule,\u201d Milanovic said. \u201cYou cannot conquer someone else\u2019s territory.\u201d It is rare for states to violate that rule, and when they have, as in the case of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, the response has been widespread global condemnation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Aggression, which the International Criminal Court defines as a state using force \u201cagainst the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations,\u201d is also a crime. The court would not be able to prosecute Mr. Trump or other U.S. officials for that crime, because unlike with other war crimes, it can only prosecute aggression if it is committed by a citizen of a member state. But lack of jurisdiction would not mean that the conduct itself is legal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And even if Gaza is not considered part of a state, U.S. annexation of the territory would still violate the civilian population\u2019s right to self-determination. The International Court of Justice has ruled twice that the Palestinian people are entitled to that right within Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf you take it without their consent, you\u2019re violating their right to self-determination,\u201d Mr. Milanovic said. \u201cThere\u2019s really no doubt about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/05\/world\/middleeast\/trump-gaza-takeover-illegal.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump\u2019s proposal for the United States to take over Gaza, transfer its population to Egypt and Jordan and redevelop it into the \u201cRiviera of the Middle East\u201d would unquestionably be a severe violation of international law, experts say. 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