The new United Nations report charging Israel with genocide reinforces an international consensus that has taken almost two years to become overwhelming.

In April last year, I wrote that, given the genocide it is committing in Gaza, its violent occupation of the West Bank, numerous attacks on its neighbours, and apparent disregard for international and human rights law, it was time for the international community to declare Israel a rogue state.

Six basics for the survival of any human being and yet, for the past 23 months, we have watched with horror as apartheid Israel, backed by some of the most powerful governments in the world, has robbed the people of Gaza of these basic necessities for survival.

Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly endorsed the project of "Greater Israel", telling i24 News that he is on a "historic and spiritual mission" of territorial conquest.

It is impossible for Germans to see images of Palestinians being starved to death by the Zionist settler-colonial regime without being reminded of their own history.

When South Africa brought the charge of genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the court gave Israel nine months to present its rebuttal. That expired at the end of July.