Richard Falk, the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian affairs, stated that the brutal assault carried out by Hamas on October 7, 2023 — in which approximately 1,200 Israelis, the majority of them civilians, were murdered — was “long overdue” and “entirely justifiable,” even acknowledging that it may have included breaches of international law.
In an interview released by the Indian outlet Countercurrents, Falk said, “To the extent that there is real evidence of atrocities accompanying the October 7 attack, those would constitute violations, but the attack itself is something that, in context, appears entirely justifiable and long overdue.”
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