South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide

Actors Read the Case File

 
 

In support of South Africa’s historic case against Israel at the International Court of Justice a collection of 31 actors from around the world came together to read key passages from the shocking, urgent, comprehensive dossier.

 

Part 1: Introduction - Killing Palestinians in Gaza

This is the first in a series of videos that will go through the comprehensive facts laid out by South Africa, charging Israel with genocide.

Part 2: Causing Serious Bodily & Mental Harm to Palestinians in Gaza

Lena Headey, Khalid Abdalla, Steve Coogan and Natalie Diaz read paragraphs 51-54 of the dossier.

Part 3: Mass Expulsion from Homes & Displacement

Susan Sarandon, Adam Bakri Sepideh Moafi, Wallace Shawn, Maaza Mengiste and Maxine Peake read.

Part 4: Deprivation of access to adequate food

Cynthia Nixon, Tobias Menzies, Morgan Spector, Alia Shawkat, Harriet Walter & Khalid Abdalla read.

Part 5: Deprivation of access to adequate water

Peter Mullan, Sepideh Moafi, Maisie Richardson Sellers and Kathleen Chalfant read.

Part 6: Deprivation of access to shelter, clothes, hygiene and sanitation.

Charles Dance, Maisie Richardson-Sellers & Maxine Peake read.

Part 7: Deprivation of Medical Assistance.

Carice van Houten, Indya Moore & Inua Ellams read.

Part 8: Deprivation of Medical Assistance pt. 2

Kendrick Sampson, Sepideh Moafi, Paapa Essiedu, Simon McBurney and Dario Ladani Sanchez read.

Part 9: The Destruction of Palestinian Cultural, Religious and Historic Life in Gaza.

Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Aida El-Kashef and Paapa Essiedu read.

Part 10: The Destruction of Palestinian Cultural, Religious and Historic Life in Gaza ot. 2

Liam Cunningham, Carice van Houten & Khalid Abdalla read.

Part 11: Measures Imposed by Israel to Prevent Palestinian Births.

Susan Sarandon, Cynthia Nixon, Sepideh Moafi, Maxine Peake & Aida El-Kashef read.

Part 12: Genocidal Statements by Israeli Officials

Full cast:

Khalid Abdalla, Tunde Adebimpe, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Adam Bakri, Kathleen Chalfant, Steve Coogan, Liam Cunningham, Charles Dance, Natalie Diaz, Stephen Dillane, Inua Ellams, Paapa Essiedu, Lena Headey, Aida El-Kashef, Simon McBurney, Maaza Mengiste, Tobias Menzies, Sepideh Moafi, Indya Moore, Peter Mullan, Cynthia Nixon, Maxine Peake, Kendrick Sampson, Dario Ladani Sanchez, Susan Sarandon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Alia Shawkat, Wallace Shawn, Morgan Spector, Carice van Houten, Harriet Walter, Zukiswa Wanner.

Every state has a legal duty to support South Africa’s case and uphold the Genocide Convention.