Q&A: Former UN official Craig Mokhiber on Gaza and genocide

Craig Mokhiber, a top United Nations human rights official who stepped down at the weekend over the organisation’s response to the war in Gaza, has called on the UN to attach the same standards to Israel as it does when assessing human rights violations in other countries around the world. Mokhiber, who was the director of the New York office of the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, wrote in his October 28 resignation letter that Israel’s military actions in Gaza were “textbook genocide”, and accused the UN of again “failing” to act, referring to previous genocides in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Myanmar. Mokhiber, an international human rights lawyer, had been with the UN since 1992 and worked previously as a human rights adviser in Afghanistan and the occupied Palestinian territories. Al Jazeera’s correspondent at the UN, Gabriel Elizondo, sat down with Mokhiber in New York. He asked him about his assessment of the situation in Gaza and the chances of a two-state solution. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Subscribe to our channel Follow us on Twitter Find us on Facebook Check our website: Check out our Instagram page: Download AJE Mobile App: #UnitedNations #OHCHR #CraigMokhiber #GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes #Jabalia #JabaliaRefugeeCampBombing #JabaliaRefugeeCamp #JabaliaMassacre #Palestine #Gaza #GazaAirRaids #GazaAirStrikes #GazaUnderAttack #GazaHumanitarianCrisis #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #GazaWar #IsraelWar #IsraelPalestineWar #IsraelHamasWar #IsraelGazaWar #GazaHospitals #KhanYounis #GazaBombardment #prayforgaza #CeasfireNow