3rd session of the educational events of the IPT on Palestine

Organizers: Ground Zero (PCFS, IPMSDL, APRN as convenors), ILPS, IPF

Date: 01 November 2025

Time: 3 PM CET / 5 PM Amman & Kampala / 7:30 PM New Delhi / 10 PM Manila / 10 AM Caracas.

Registration link: https://bit.ly/IPTedu03

While this month’s second ceasefire between Hamas and Israel provided an urgent reprieve for the Gazans caught in Israel’s genocidal war, the destruction extends beyond human casualties—the environmental damage is severe and potentially irreversible.

Israel’s occupation is not only killing people but also the environment. Through widespread bombing, shooting, infrastructure demolition, and the release of toxic materials, water sources have been contaminated, agricultural land and ecosystems destroyed, sanitation and waste management systems collapsed, and the unexploded ordnance and military debris have caused extensive pollution. This is ecocide—the deliberate or reckless large-scale damage to the environment in the context of the war.

While ecocide is not yet formally recognized as an independent, stand-alone international crime like genocide or crimes against humanity in major treaties such as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), its core elements are addressed under existing international law.

In the context of Israel’s occupation of Palestine, ecocide is a historical war crime. To deepen understanding of what ecocide is and to highlight why the International People’s Tribunal on Palestine is taking on this crime, the organizers are holding a webinar, “The Crime of Ecocide in Palestine,” on November 1, 2025, at 4 PM CET / 5 PM Amman & Kampala / 7:30 PM New Delhi / 10 PM Manila / 10 AM Caracas. This step underscores the belief that accountability must extend to the massive environmental destruction that underpins and prolongs the suffering of the Palestinian people.

Running time: 1.5 hours