I must say that I find it deeply encouraging simply to see an Englishman like Doctor Wilde addressing the atrocities in Palestine on behalf of the Arab League. It is a great reminder that this is not an ethnic issue but is an issue of fundamental human rights. One can only hope that this man’s good sense and simple logic penetrates some of the false narratives that have been constructed worldwide to justify the IDF’s program of genocide against the people of Gaza.

Dr. Ralph Wilde is a member of the Faculty of Laws at University College London. He is currently engaged in an interdisciplinary research project, funded by the European Research Council, on the extraterritorial application of international human rights law, called ‘human rights beyond borders’. 

If you’d like to read a more thorough commentary on Dr Wilde’s address, I recommend Steven Sahiounie’s excellent article, A Palestinian legal masterpiece by Dr. Ralph Wilde at the ICJ.

Dave