ALFRED DE ZAYAS: STRÍÐSGLÆPIR SAMTÍMANS Í LINSU NUREMBERG RÉTTARHALDANNA

Hinn kunni mannréttindalögfræðingur og erindreki Sameinuðu þjóðanna, Alfred de Zayas, ritar stórfróðlega og vekjandi grein í tímaritið CounterPunch um stríðsglæpi Bandaríkjanna og Ísraels í Íran. Ætti að vera skyldulesning allra fréttamanna og rýnenda í alþjóðastjórnmál. A must-read by Alfred de Zayas. Hann rekur þróun alþjóðalga í okkar heimshulta og á alþjóðavísu, staldrar við Vestfalíufriðinn 1648, Vínarfundinn 1815, Þjóðabandalagið 1919, Nuremberg réttarhöldin, samykktir Sameinuðu þjóðanna og síðan Alþjóðadómstólinn og Alþjóðaglæpadómstólinn.

Sérstaklega staðnæmist hann við Nuremberg réttarhöldin og skoðar glæpi Bandaríkjanna og Ísrarels í ljósi þeirra.

Alfred de Zayes segir að BNA og Ísrael séu án vafa að ganga gegn öllum þeim megin hugmyndum sem mannkynið hafi smám saman verið að smíða til þess að tryggja friðsamlega sambúð í heiminum.

BNA OG ÍSRAEL ERU ÓGN VIÐ HEIMABYGGÐINA - HEIMSBYGGÐIN SETJI ÞESSI RÍKI ÚT Í KULDANN - US AND ISRAEL THREATEN CIVILIZATION, THE WORLD MUST REACT

Í niðurlagi greinar sinnar segir Alfred de Zayes. In his concluding remarks Alfred de Zayes writes : 

"The US-Israeli against Iran is not only a war against the regime of the Mullahs, it is a war against the United Nations Charter, against international law and morals, against all of us, against civilization itself.
What do we understand under the term civilization? It means ordered life among human beings in pursuance of common goals, a framework and process enriched by traditions, memory, a sense of identity and a moral compass. Civilization builds on foundational values and entails an agreement to live according to rational norms, in an animus to observe the rules of the game, whether these rules are written or unwritten ...
History teaches us that civilizations decline and end when societies abandon their foundational values and no longer respect the rules of the game. Legal uncertainty leads to chaos, violence and war. A “culture of cheating”, double standards and bad faith betray the “human Covenant” and undermine the proper functioning of society. As civilizations rise and fall, the responsibility for maintaining our culture and values rests on each one of us.
Today we observe a frontal attack on civilization, a return to barbarism and the primitive “might is right” paradigm. It is up to us to push back against this development, to name a spade a spade, to condemn the genocide in Gaza, to reject the aggression against Iran, and demand accountability from the United States and Israel.

What can the Global Majority do?

What should the BRICS, the Non-aligned movement, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organiation do? I would propose to BDS both Israel and the United States.
Rhetoric alone will not reverse the downward spiral toward universal chaos. Those who are at war with the UN Charter and the world must be isolated economically.
A campaign to boycott, divest and sanction must be organized and followed-through. This would entail, inter alia, ceasing any purchases of weapons and technology from the US and Israel. Stop buying F-16, F-35, Boeing, Lockheed/Martin, Raytheon, General Motors, Caterpillar etc. Divest from US stocks and bonds. Sell off all US Treasury bonds. Stop supplying the US and Israel with “rare earths”. Such concerted action would immediately impact the economies of these two rogue countries.
Perhaps the citizens of those countries (I am an American citizen myself) will understand the gravity of the situation, go out on the streets with signs “Not in our Name”, “If the government does not stop the war and the genocide, we will stop the government”. My generation did that when I was a student at Harvard in the late 60’s and early 70’s in protest against the crimes being committed by the US during the Vietnam war. Concretely, this means organizing general strikes, refusing to load weapons on ships, refusing to cooperate with the pursuance of an illegal war not authorized by the US Congress."

Sjá greinina í CounterPunch í heild sinni: http://counterpunch.org/2026/03/23/iran-in-the-light-of-the-nuremberg-principles/

 

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