Media reported that the call for Israel’s expulsion invokes Article 6 of the United Nations Charter due to what the campaign describes as a “continued and systematic violation” of international law and resolutions of the General Assembly and Security Council.
The official launch of the campaign will take place on November 26th during a public event in the capital, Santiago. Signatures for the online petition have already been collected in recent days.
According to campaign data, the petition addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres has collected more than 57,000 signatures at the time of this report, with the goal of reaching 100,000 signatures in the near future.
The initiative’s organizers say the rapid response reflects a “broad public response” to the dire humanitarian situation in Palestine and embodies “international public pressure” to revitalize the international system after decades of inaction.
The letter describes what is happening in the Gaza Strip as a “complex war crime,” noting that occupation forces are killing Palestinians with bombs and missiles, destroying medical infrastructure and causing nearly 2 million deaths from hunger and thirst. The law states that depriving populations of water, food and medicine, and destroying and polluting land, are among the most serious crimes documented in modern times.
The letter goes on to say that Israel’s continued dealings with international organizations and academic institutions are “unjust and unacceptable,” adding that Israel must be “immediately expelled from all international events, all institutional ties with Israel severed, and a comprehensive arms embargo imposed on weapons that contribute to the continuation of genocide.”
The letter concludes: “With Gaza, humanity will perish. We want Palestine to survive. Palestine is the center of the world.”
MNA