| Aim | Official Press Statement | According to Jurist Michael Mansfield: | ||
| "whether Israel's treatment of the Palestinian people fits the international legal definitions of the crime of apartheid." | "What we are examining is how much worse the situation in Israel is to the situation in South Africa that was – namely apartheid. A state of Apartheid." | |||
| According to "Findings" of Barcelona meeting (DATE): "the Tribunal finds that they [various Israeli government policies] present features comparable to Apartheid," |
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| Legal Terminology | The RToP portrays itself as an objective body, using the legal terminology of jury, witnesses and the broad declaration that "Public international law constitutes the legal frame of reference of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine." |
* The RToP is not appointed by any government or international body with legal authority. It is a private body that was set up by Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation. *Its "findings" have no legal weight. *There is no "defense". The Israeli government has allegedly been invited to present its view – a claim denied by the Israeli Ambassador. |
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| Jury | According to the Tribunal: | Previous Statements by RTOP Jurors RToP Consists of Jurists: | ||
| "The procedure followed by the Tribunal is neither that of the International Court of Justice, nor that of a domestic or international criminal court, but is based on the methodology applicable by any judicial body in terms of the independence and impartiality of its members. "(Paragraph 3.5 Barcelona Findings) | *Alice Walker who narrated a documentary film about Israel entitled a "Roadmap to Apartheid", and stated " I think Israel is the greatest terrorist in that part of the world. And I think in general, the United States and Israel are great terrorist organizations themselves."
*Michael Mansfield who signed a letter to the press accusing the Jewish National Fund of "actively complicit in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians." *Ronnie Kasrlis who in 2007 published an Op-ed entitled "Israel 2007:Worse than Apartheid" *Jose Antonio Martin Pallin who stated "Everyone knows that the State of Israel is an artificial ad hoc creation" *Maired Maguire who urged t that "Israel must stop its apartheid policy." *Cynthia Mckinny – a prominent "Truther" who blamed her electoral loss on "the Israel lobby" *Two jurors who have been deported by Israel for participating in the "freedom flotilla". |
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| Witnesses | The "experts" invited to "testify" are all radical and extreme anti-Israel activists. Three of the experts are active in NGOs that consistently delegitimize Israel. | |||
