Baroness Kennedy condemns 鈥榟umanitarian city鈥� plans in Gaza
She speaks to the World at One鈥檚 Sarah Montague.
Israel's defence minister Israel Katz has said he's instructed the military to come up with a plan to establish what he calls a new 鈥渉umanitarian city鈥� in the south of Gaza.
Under his plan, eventually the whole two-million strong population of Gaza would be located there.
In an interview broadcast on 8th July 2025, the World at One鈥檚 Sarah Montague spoke to Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, a human rights lawyer who last year served as an expert on a panel convened by the Internation Criminal Court.
Baroness Kennedy said the plan would force Palestinians into a 鈥渃oncentration camp鈥�.
In response the Israeli government said: "We refute these claims, they are simply false and not grounded in any reality.
鈥淭he notion that Israel is creating concentration camps is deeply offensive and draws a comparison to the Nazis. Israel adheres to the Geneva Convention."
