HRF files complaint against MKs over alleged 'incitement to genocide' ahead of Netherlands trip

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), an organization focused on legal action against Israelis traveling abroad, has lodged a criminal complaint in the Netherlands against two Israeli Knesset members. The complaint, filed ahead of their participation in an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe conference in The Hague, accuses MKs Ram Ben Barak and Moshe Solomon of "public incitement to genocide."

The HRF alleges that the two lawmakers used their public positions to advocate for the "voluntary migration" of Gaza residents and made statements that constitute incitement to genocide under international law. Specifically, the complaint against Ben Barak, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, centers on his November 2023 proposal for the "voluntary migration" of Gaza residents, which the HRF argues would amount to forced displacement given the wartime conditions.

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used their public status to promote a policy of uprooting the Palestinian population from the Gaza Strip and to make, statements that constitute incitement to genocide under international law.

The foundation also targeted Solomon for his support of renewed Jewish settlement in Gaza and opposition to Palestinian sovereignty, asserting these positions imply support for demographic changes achievable only through continued violence and displacement. The HRF has previously filed similar complaints in multiple countries against Israeli soldiers, officers, ministers, and public figures, aiming to trigger investigations and arrest warrants while they are abroad.

Dyab Abou Jahjah, founder of the HRF, noted the contradiction in the MKs' participation in a conference on international law given the allegations. Ben Barak is set to head the Israeli delegation to the conference's parliamentary assembly.

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Their participation in a conference whose subject is international law stands in contradiction to their alleged actions.