International Politics

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In 2023, Craig Mokhiber resigned from position as a UN director in New York, accusing the international body of failing to prevent what he termed a 'textbook genocide' being committed by Israel in Gaza.

In March 2023, he wrote to High Commissioner Volker Türk to express his concerns about human rights violations on the West Bank and to inform him that he would be resigning his post later that year

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On October 28, 2023, days before his retirement became effective,[16][17] he again wrote to the high commissioner, accusing the UN of failing to prevent what he described as the genocide of Palestinian civilians in Gaza by Israel, which he termed "[t]he European, ethno-nationalist, settler colonial project in Palestine". In his departure letter, Mokhiber referred to Israel's military actions in Gaza as "textbook genocide" and criticized the UN for failing to act, drawing parallels with previous genocides in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Myanmar.[3] He called for a one-state solution, stating "We must support the establishment of a single, democratic secular state in all of historic Palestine, with equal rights for Christians, Muslims, and Jews, and, therefore, the dismantling of the deeply racist, settler-colonial project and an end to apartheid across the land."[3] He called on the UN to apply the same standards to Israel as it does when assessing human rights violations in other countries around the world.[18]

Mokhiber said he "resigned" from the United Nations,[14] and much of the press reporting also used that term.[1] The Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights and the Secretary-General's spokesperson disputed that characterisation and said that he "retired".[2][19][16]