{"id":20277,"date":"2025-07-14T21:57:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=20277"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:57:50","slug":"israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Law Professors Warn: Rafah &#8220;Humanitarian City&#8221; Plan Is a War Crime and May Constitute Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-A group of 16 Israeli law professors and legal scholars has issued a scathing letter warning that the Israeli government\u2019s plan to establish a detention camp in Rafah under the euphemistic name &#8220;Humanitarian City&#8221; amounts to a war crime and possibly genocide.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"952\">The letter, dated July 10, was addressed to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, and it came in response to reports of a plan to relocate 600,000 Palestinians to a restricted area built atop the ruins of Rafah, a city Israel has razed during its 21-month war on Gaza.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"959\" data-end=\"1005\">Key Legal Warnings from the Letter<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"959\" data-end=\"1005\">\u201cThis plan clearly violates international law,\u201d<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> the academics write, citing statutes on:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1436\">\n<li data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1169\">\n<p data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1169\">Forced displacement and transfer, constituting war crimes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1170\" data-end=\"1242\">\n<p data-start=\"1172\" data-end=\"1242\">Unlawful detention, which equates to crimes against humanity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1344\">\n<p data-start=\"1245\" data-end=\"1344\">Severe deprivation of basic rights, amounting to persecution based on collective identity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1345\" data-end=\"1436\">\n<p data-start=\"1347\" data-end=\"1436\">Encouraging emigration through hunger and despair, which risks genocidal intent<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1438\" data-end=\"1458\">They further warn:\u201cConcentrating civilians in extremely dense areas under harsh humanitarian conditions can be interpreted as intentional harm to a civilian group.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20168\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20168 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sans-titre0-4.jpg\" alt=\"Rafah humanitarian city plan\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sans-titre0-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sans-titre0-4-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sans-titre0-4-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli war on Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"1616\" data-end=\"1667\">\u00a0Details of the &#8220;Humanitarian City&#8221; Plan:<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"1669\" data-end=\"2082\">\n<li data-start=\"1669\" data-end=\"1759\">\n<p data-start=\"1671\" data-end=\"1759\">To be constructed between the Philadelphi and Morag corridors in southern Gaza<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"1824\">\n<p data-start=\"1762\" data-end=\"1824\">Residents will be subject to rigorous security screening<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1825\" data-end=\"1903\">\n<p data-start=\"1827\" data-end=\"1903\">Once inside, Palestinians will not be allowed to return to their homes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1904\" data-end=\"1990\">\n<p data-start=\"1906\" data-end=\"1990\">Israeli reports indicate plans to encourage \u2018voluntary migration\u2019 outside Gaza<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1991\" data-end=\"2082\">\n<p data-start=\"1993\" data-end=\"2082\">Israeli outlet Kan and newspaper Haaretz have confirmed core elements of the plan<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"2089\" data-end=\"2134\">\u00a0Risk of International Prosecution:<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2136\" data-end=\"2302\">The letter warns that Israeli politicians, officers, and soldiers involved in the planning or execution of this operation face serious legal risks, including:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2303\" data-end=\"2549\">\n<li data-start=\"2303\" data-end=\"2384\">\n<p data-start=\"2305\" data-end=\"2384\">Personal criminal liability at the International Criminal Court (ICC)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2385\" data-end=\"2462\">\n<p data-start=\"2387\" data-end=\"2462\">No immunity for military or political leaders under international law<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2463\" data-end=\"2549\">\n<p data-start=\"2465\" data-end=\"2549\">No statute of limitations for war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2551\" data-end=\"2570\">The authors urge:\u201cAnyone who authorizes or participates in this plan may be held personally accountable for grave international crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20054\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20054 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6666.jpg\" alt=\"Journalistic sources revealed today that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not Defense Minister Yisrael Katz, was the one who ordered\u2014before departing for Washington\u2014the drafting of a plan to build what is being called a \u201chumanitarian city.\u201d\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6666.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6666-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6666-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cthe core of the plan is to relocate all Gaza civilians southward into a massive tent city in Rafah, equipped with hospitals and plentiful food supplies.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"2701\" data-end=\"2759\">Historical Parallels and International Outcry:<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2761\" data-end=\"2930\">Observers note that the proposed detention zone resembles WWII-era concentration camps, where entire populations were forcibly confined, starved, and expelled.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2932\" data-end=\"3099\">According to international analysts and even Israeli media, this is part of a broader campaign to depopulate Gaza under the guise of humanitarian relief.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3101\" data-end=\"3145\">Since October 7, 2023, Israel&#8217;s war has:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"3146\" data-end=\"3378\">\n<li data-start=\"3146\" data-end=\"3197\">\n<p data-start=\"3148\" data-end=\"3197\">Killed or injured over 196,000 Palestinians<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3198\" data-end=\"3268\">\n<p data-start=\"3200\" data-end=\"3268\">Displaced hundreds of thousands, mostly children and women<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3269\" data-end=\"3326\">\n<p data-start=\"3271\" data-end=\"3326\">Triggered mass famine, killing scores of children<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3327\" data-end=\"3378\">\n<p data-start=\"3329\" data-end=\"3378\">Ignored UN and ICJ orders to halt hostilities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"3385\" data-end=\"3415\"><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3416\" data-end=\"3612\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-A group of 16 Israeli law professors and legal scholars has issued a scathing letter warning that the Israeli government\u2019s plan to establish a detention camp in Rafah under the euphemistic name &#8220;Humanitarian City&#8221; amounts to a war crime and possibly genocide. The letter, dated July 10, was addressed to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[6508,6520,903,738],"class_list":["post-20277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","tag-humanitarian-city-plan","tag-israeli-law-professors","tag-israeli-war-on-gaza","tag-the-gaza-strip"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israeli Law Professors Warn: Rafah &quot;Humanitarian City&quot; Plan Is a War Crime and May Constitute Genocide - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Israeli legal experts warn that the Rafah \u201cHumanitarian City\u201d plan to detain and isolate Gazans is a war crime and possibly genocide\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israeli Law Professors Warn: Rafah &quot;Humanitarian City&quot; Plan Is a War Crime and May Constitute Genocide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Israeli legal experts warn that the Rafah \u201cHumanitarian City\u201d plan to detain and isolate Gazans is a war crime and possibly genocide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Watan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watanserbusa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-14T21:57:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/990.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Watan News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@watanserb_news\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@watanserb_news\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Watan News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/14\\\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/14\\\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Watan News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b7a9ed040e0ad94cb00759f06b82c8e2\"},\"headline\":\"Israeli Law Professors Warn: Rafah &#8220;Humanitarian City&#8221; Plan Is a War Crime and May Constitute Genocide\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-14T21:57:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/14\\\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":455,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/14\\\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/990.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Humanitarian city plan\",\"Israeli law professors\",\"Israeli war on Gaza\",\"the Gaza Strip\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Reports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/14\\\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/14\\\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\\\/\",\"name\":\"Israeli Law Professors Warn: Rafah \\\"Humanitarian City\\\" Plan Is a War Crime and May Constitute Genocide - Watan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/14\\\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/14\\\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/990.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-14T21:57:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"Israeli legal experts warn that the Rafah \u201cHumanitarian City\u201d plan to detain and isolate Gazans is a war crime and possibly genocide\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/14\\\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/14\\\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/14\\\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/990.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/990.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"UN accuses Israel of punishing agencies protecting Palestinian civilians, obstructing humanitarian operations in Gaza.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/14\\\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Israeli Law Professors Warn: Rafah &#8220;Humanitarian City&#8221; Plan Is a War Crime and May Constitute Genocide\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Watan\",\"description\":\"Your trusted source for global Arab news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"watanserb\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Watan News LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/watan.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/watan.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Watan News LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/watanserbusa\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/watanserb_news\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/watanserb\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/71589400\\\/admin\\\/feed\\\/posts\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/t.me\\\/watanserb\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCuioSm-SG28IHcy8muZn2wg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/play.google.com\\\/store\\\/apps\\\/details?id=com.goodbarber.watan&hl=en_US&gl=US\",\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.apple.com\\\/us\\\/app\\\/---\\\/id1242712408\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b7a9ed040e0ad94cb00759f06b82c8e2\",\"name\":\"Watan News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Watan News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/watanserb.com\\\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Israeli Law Professors Warn: Rafah \"Humanitarian City\" Plan Is a War Crime and May Constitute Genocide - Watan","description":"Israeli legal experts warn that the Rafah \u201cHumanitarian City\u201d plan to detain and isolate Gazans is a war crime and possibly genocide","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Israeli Law Professors Warn: Rafah \"Humanitarian City\" Plan Is a War Crime and May Constitute Genocide","og_description":"Israeli legal experts warn that the Rafah \u201cHumanitarian City\u201d plan to detain and isolate Gazans is a war crime and possibly genocide","og_url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/","og_site_name":"Watan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watanserbusa","article_published_time":"2025-07-14T21:57:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/990.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Watan News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@watanserb_news","twitter_site":"@watanserb_news","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Watan News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/"},"author":{"name":"Watan News","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b7a9ed040e0ad94cb00759f06b82c8e2"},"headline":"Israeli Law Professors Warn: Rafah &#8220;Humanitarian City&#8221; Plan Is a War Crime and May Constitute Genocide","datePublished":"2025-07-14T21:57:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/"},"wordCount":455,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/990.jpg","keywords":["Humanitarian city plan","Israeli law professors","Israeli war on Gaza","the Gaza Strip"],"articleSection":["Reports"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/","name":"Israeli Law Professors Warn: Rafah \"Humanitarian City\" Plan Is a War Crime and May Constitute Genocide - Watan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/990.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-14T21:57:50+00:00","description":"Israeli legal experts warn that the Rafah \u201cHumanitarian City\u201d plan to detain and isolate Gazans is a war crime and possibly genocide","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/990.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/990.jpg","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"UN accuses Israel of punishing agencies protecting Palestinian civilians, obstructing humanitarian operations in Gaza."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/14\/israeli-law-professors-warn-rafah-humanitarian-city-plan-is-a-war-crime-and-may-constitute-genocide\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Israeli Law Professors Warn: Rafah &#8220;Humanitarian City&#8221; Plan Is a War Crime and May Constitute Genocide"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/","name":"Watan","description":"Your trusted source for global Arab news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"watanserb","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Watan News LLC","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/watan.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/watan.png","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Watan News LLC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watanserbusa","https:\/\/x.com\/watanserb_news","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/watanserb\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/71589400\/admin\/feed\/posts\/","https:\/\/t.me\/watanserb","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuioSm-SG28IHcy8muZn2wg","https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.goodbarber.watan&hl=en_US&gl=US","https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/---\/id1242712408"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b7a9ed040e0ad94cb00759f06b82c8e2","name":"Watan News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Watan News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/watanserb.com\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}