75 years after the Nakba of Palestine and the crimes committed by the Zionist gangs, and then the leaders of those gangs declared the establishment of the State of Israel, many questions are raised about the possibility of holding Israel accountable for these crimes, as experts and human rights activists assert that these crimes do not fall under the statute of limitations as a global principle, but the dispute is in The possibility of holding the perpetrators of these crimes accountable. Can Israel really be held accountable for the crimes committed during the Nakba?

Omar Rahal, Director of the Human Rights and Democracy Media Center "Shams", said in an interview with Al-Quds.com: "As it is known, crimes do not fall under the statute of limitations, and the crimes committed by the Zionist gangs in the Nakba are a violation of international humanitarian law and the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions, and the hadith The possibility of holding Israel accountable for these massacres is important and possible.

Rahal indicated that accountability is possible in light of the confessions that were documented in audio and video, as happened in the movie Al-Tantura, and of their will.

As for the death of the perpetrators of these crimes, Rahal affirms that the occupying state bears the political, legal and moral responsibility, and is prosecuted as a matter of compensation for the crimes that were committed, and the rehabilitation of the refugees who were displaced from their homes, and the families of the victims, whose number in the Nakba reached more than ten thousand martyrs. .

According to Rahal, the occupying state can be held accountable through international human rights institutions by going to the International Court of Justice, and in order to establish the right of return, especially since the suffering of refugees is still continuing and they are unable to return to their countries from which they were expelled, and it is assumed that the occupying state will be held accountable for that. crimes.

Rahal stressed the international legal reference to the right to self-determination as an absolute right for all peoples and ethnic, racial, linguistic or cultural groups that are still suffering under the rule and oppression of colonial occupation, considering this right as a collective right guaranteed by many international covenants.

Rahal said: "The Palestinian people are still robbed of the right to self-determination, and they are still living through the Nakba, tragedy and suffering as a result of the identification and conspiracy of the colonial countries with the Israeli occupation state in robbing the rights and capabilities of the Palestinian people through a settler-colonial occupation of their land and national capabilities and the practice of the apartheid system against the Palestinian people." In full view of the world.”

Rahal called on the international community to stand up to its historical responsibilities in ending injustice and prejudice and ending the ongoing catastrophe of the Palestinian people.

For his part, the head of the Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs, Major General Qadri Abu Bakr, confirmed in an interview with our reporter that the crimes committed by the Zionist gangs through the massacres that took place in the Nakba of Palestine in 1948, do not fall under the statute of limitations, no matter how long the years are, and that one of the most prominent of these crimes is the execution of prisoners after Their arrest during the Nakba and the displacement of the people from their countries, villages and cities.

Meanwhile, the Director General of Al-Haq, Shawan Jabareen, told Al-Quds.com: “The crimes of the Zionist gangs in the Nakba of Palestine do not fall under the statute of limitations according to international law, especially since the crimes committed are classified as crimes against humanity, genocide, and displacement of the population.” premeditated execution and destruction of property.

However, according to Jabarin, there is no jurisdiction to prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes, except for the victory of the Palestinian people and the trial of the perpetrators of these crimes, noting that the crimes committed before 2004 do not fall within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, despite the knowledge that international crimes do not have a statute of limitations.