PIERS Morgan was stunned into silence following an American journalist's answer to whether the Israeli Government is committing genocidal acts in Gaza.
Documentarian Abby Martin appeared on the talk show Piers Morgan Uncensored, which is hosted by the British journalist, where she said that the fact that people are debating whether Israel is committing genocidal acts shows that what they are doing is “egregious enough” to make the case.
In January, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to “take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian aid,” and to report back on its compliance with the specific measures “within one month.”
However, Israel has continued to obstruct the provision of basic humanitarian aid from entering and being distributed within Gaza, along with continuing acts of collective punishment, which include the use of starvation.
Martin argued that the siege on Gaza along with the “indiscriminate bombing” in densely populated areas is “intended to destroy” Palestinians and amounts to genocidal acts.
The short clip of the exchange begins with Morgan asking Martin: “Do you believe that what's happened in Gaza constitutes genocide?”
Martin replied: “I do, and I think that the fact that this debate is raging on shows that what Israel is doing is egregious enough.
“The fact that people are actually having a debate on whether or not it is genocide, like you said, the International Court of Justice has agreed that there's a plausible case for genocide."
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She added: “Clearly the complete siege on Gaza, the elimination or the prevention rather of water, food, electricity, the prevention of aid, widespread preventable illnesses, killing people.
“Now we see two million people on the brink of starvation. Clearly these are all intended to destroy a group of people.
“When you compound that with the indiscriminate bombing in the most densely populated places on Earth, I would absolutely constitute that as genocidal killing.”
On Monday, aid workers described the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as the “stuff of nightmares” as the Israel-imposed siege on the territory entered its eighth straight week.
Oxfam said that around 70% of the Gaza Strip is under displacement orders or “no go” zones, affecting more than 500,000 people, and pushing many into inhospitable, unsafe, and inaccessible areas.
Clemence Lagouardat, Oxfam response lead in Gaza, said that it was hard to explain just how terrible things are in Gaza at the moment and that aid workers are witnessing scenes of carnage and despair every day.
Oxfam and its partners have said they have not received a single aid truck, food parcel, hygiene kit, or any other essential equipment since the siege began.
It added that supplies in Gaza are nearly exhausted, with only a few water tanks remaining in the city.
Martin said Israel had displayed "genocidal intent", adding: “This is usually one of the hardest things to prove in a case of genocide, not the case in Israel's genocide in Gaza.
“We have five pages just in the ICJ ruling that clearly lay out the explicit intent to carry out genocide, and I'll just point to two, the Israeli president, who said shortly after October 7 that no civilian in Gaza is innocent and that they should have overthrown Hamas and because they didn't, they are essentially worth killing.
“Then you have the defence minister shortly after October 7 that these are human animals and we need to act accordingly, as he announced the complete siege of Gaza.
“So, taking all that into account, I would absolutely constitute what is happening is genocide, and Israel needs to be held accountable and stopped immediately because it's the gravest crime against humanity that a state can commit.”
After the short two-minute clip, Morgan is seen sitting visibly stunned following Martin’s summary.
