The latest UN commission report on Gaza is not going to make any difference today or tomorrow.

But I think in historical perspective, it’s incredibly important that the noose continues to tighten around Israel, Israel’s apartheid, Israel’s war crimes and even around Zionism as the state’s ideology – in the way it manifests itself each and every time with such war crimes.

• The report adds more evidence to the nature of the Israeli occupation, the nature of Israeli wars, the nature of Israeli strategy.

What’s important here, of course, is not so much that there are new revelations as much as substantiation of a lot of what we at Al Jazeera have been reporting for the past eight months.

But it’s vital to get such a distinguished international body to substantiate all these allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity while documenting the cases of torture, sexual harassment and all sorts of other crimes carried out by Israel over Gaza.

Source: Marwan Bishara- Al Jazeera

Latest UN report on Gaza could be used by ICJ, ICC

The International Court of Justice has a genocide case pending in front of it with South Africa and others.

This commission of inquiry report could be used to further that case. You have the International Criminal Court, where the prosecutors already recommend potential arrest warrants [for Israel and Hamas leaders].

• This could be used as evidentiary material moving forward in both of those international justice systems or courts.

Beyond that, I’m sure it will be used by civil society, but also potentially by governments that support Israel. This report could add political pressure to some of Israel’s allies that have backed Israel through this war so far.

Source: Gabriel Elizondo – Al jazeera