Israel Is Out of Control: “A Terrorist Government That Endangers International Peace”

PALESTINE ISRAEL GAZA GENOCIDE, 23 Jun 2025

Alfred de Zayas | Global Research – TRANSCEND Media Service

18 Jun 2025 – The current Israeli government is a terrorist government that endangers international peace and security within the meaning of article 39 of the UN Charter. Hitherto action by the Security Council has been blocked by the abuse of the veto power by the United States. Thus it becomes the responsibility of the UN General Assembly to adopt a “Uniting for Peace” resolution and assume its responsibilities for peacekeeping pursuant to the UN Charter.Indeed, there is a danger of major escalation and possibly a nuclear confrontation if countries in the region like Turkey, Pakistan and Iraq were to become involved in the Israeli-Iran conflict.

The General Assembly should adopt a resolution expelling Israel from membership in the United Nations, as envisaged in article 6 of the Charter.  Even if the expulsion could be blocked by a veto by the United States, the General Assembly could still assert its authority by denying accreditation to Israeli diplomats, as it did 1974 with regard to Apartheid-South African diplomats.  At that time it was a matter of Apartheid, an crime against humanity.  Today we are confronted with a far more dangerous situation emerging from Israeli aggression, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

The General Assembly should call on all states to immediately break all commercial and diplomatic relations with Israel and take appropriate measures to arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu, who should be tried by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant were already issued on 21 November 2024, seven months ago, and have not yet been implemented.

Israel’s unprovoked aggression against Iran raises fundamental issues about the authority and credibility of the United Nations and more generally about the continued validity of international law and an international order based on the prohibition of the threat and the use of force.  Particularly corrosive are the statements by Ursula von der Leyen and G7 leaders in support of Israel.  Such statements make them complicit in the crimes.  We are witnessing an open rebellion against international law and morals – conducted by Israel and supported by the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany and other States that have turned their backs on the UN Charter.

In 2003, the US aggressed Iraq on completely false claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Approximately a million lives were lost.  In total impunity.  Now the US and Israel are using the same playbook to attack Iran with a view to enforcing regime-change, but employing evidence-free allegations that Iran is building a nuclear bomb and has an offensive nuclear weapons program, whose existence is denied even by the US Intelligence Chief Tulsi Gabbard.

Israel has no right to “self-defence” against Iran, because Israel is the aggressor and has grossly violated article 2(4) of the UN Charter and Article 5 of the Rome Statute. It is Iran that has a right of self-defence against the unprovoked Israeli aggression. Let us not forget that Iran was in the middle of diplomatic negotiations as envisaged in article 2(3) of the UN Charter.  This surprise assault on Teheran constitutes perfidy and demonstrates a very high level of cynicism and bad faith.

Israel is a country already engaged in a vicious genocidal campaign against the hapless Palestinians. Pursuant to the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinions of 9 July 2004 and 19 July 2024 the Israeli occupation of Palestine is illegal and Israel is obliged to withdraw from the Occupied Palestine Territories, recognize the right of return of refugees and expellees, and must also pay compensation to the victims.  Evidence presented before the International Court of Justice in the case South Africa v. Israel on the issue of genocide is conclusive that genocide is being committed before our eyes. It is the urgent duty of the international community to stop this genocide and to stop Israel’s ongoing aggressions against its neighbours. Israel is out of control.

On 17 June 2025 the Geneva International Peace Research Institute issued this call to the United Nations and to all men and women of good will.

“By bombing Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu has violated article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter and article 5 of the Rome Statute. This act of unprovoked aggression cannot be excused by reference to a non-existent doctrine of ‘pre-emptive attack’, which George W. Bush had invoked to attack Iraq, and does not fall within the meaning of Article 51 on the UN Charter, which allows for self-defence.

On 14 July 2015, Iran signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). On 8 May 2018, President Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from the Vienna agreement and imposed a series of maximum sanctions.

One year after the US withdrawal, suffering from sanctions, Iran resumed uranium enrichment beyond the limits set by the 2015 agreement.

Israel possesses between 200 and 300 nuclear warheads outside the control of the IAEA, to which it denies access to its facilities. Double-standards cannot be applied without loss of authority and credibility.

Once again, Israel, the United States and their supporters are flouting international law and participating in a conflict that could lead to nuclear disaster.

GIPRI calls for a return to international law and the negotiations that this implies.”

It is time to acknowledge that the Zionist experiment has failed because it was an anachronism, a colonialist project from the beginning. The UN should assume control over Palestine as a UN Administered territory.

• The international community can no longer tolerate that a country like Israel violates the UN Charter and international law with impunity. Netanyahu and his cabinet must be arrested and prosecuted.
• The double-game played by the US with Iran has a fall-out with regard to the Ukraine war.  Considering that the US engaged with Iran in negotiations and at the same time conspired with Israel to attack Iran, it is clear that the US can never be trusted.
• Deceiving Iran about negotiating a nuclear deal while preparing a military attack against Iran is what is called perfidy in international law.  The lack of good faith by the US is breathtaking.
• The same bad faith was displayed by Angela Merkel and François Hollande in 2014 and 2015 when they took the Russians for a ride with the Minsk agreements, which Germany and US only saw as a ruse to gain time.
•  Russia would be reckless if it were to trust any commitments made by the US or NATO countries — even if written in stone.  Once a liar, always a liar. US and NATO are engaged in a frontal attack against international law and morals.

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Alfred de Zayas is a law professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and served as a UN Independent Expert on International Order 2012-18. He is the author of twelve books including Building a Just World Order (2021); Countering Mainstream Narratives (2022); and The Human Rights Industry (Clarity Press, 2021).

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