Almog Cohen
Far-right Israeli Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) Party Member of Knesset
Cohen, as far-right Israeli Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) Party member of Knesset, encouraged attacks on defenseless settlements, supported policies that would lead to the physical destruction of the Palestinian people, approved attacks knowing that they would result in civilian casualties, and took decisions to destroy or confiscate enemy property that could not be explained by the necessities of war, in violation of his obligations to protect civilians and observe fundamental human rights during armed conflict.
“Destroy a neighbourhood in Gaza every day the abductees are in their hands. If we blink, we run out of global credit. Every day that the abductees are with them, a neighbourhood must be destroyed on its inhabitants, and I will be called cruel. It is a Middle Eastern language”
13.10.2023 - Almog Cohen
May 11, 2024, Deir al-Balah-Gaza (AA - Ali Jadallah)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 8, 2-b (v):Attacking or bombarding towns, villages, dwellings or buildings which are undefended
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction
Article 8, 2-b (iv):Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects
Article 8, 2-b (xiii):Destroying or seizing the enemy’s property
“We will destroy Hamas without mercy - I want revenge. That the beach of Gaza will be the blood of terrorists, and I am not ashamed to say that”
26.10.2023 - Almog Cohen
February 2, 2025, Gaza-Palestine (AA - Ashraf Amra)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 8, 2-b (xxi):Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment
Article 7, 1-a:Murder” when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack
Article 8, 2-b (vi):Killing or wounding treacherously individuals belonging to the hostile nation or army
Article 6, 1-a:Killing members of the group