The Tribe of Abimelech Platform and the Palestinian National Interest Committee issue this formal and urgent demand for the international arrest and prosecution of Mahmoud Abbas for aiding, abetting, and enabling genocide under international law. This demand is based on extensive and well-documented precedent. The actions of Mahmoud Abbas mirror those for which leaders in Sudan, Bosnia, Serbia, and Ivory Coast have been indicted or convicted by international tribunals.

The Canaanites, ancestors of today’s indigenous people of Palestine, were more than just figures in biblical stories. They were farmers, artisans, and sailors who introduced many aspects of society that we know today​. In fact, the Near East is often called the “cradle of civilization,” and the Canaanites played a starring role in that cradle. Canaan's history includes the first alphabetic writing system, early prophetic wisdom, and spiritual belief about one God that would later shape the Bible and global religions.

The Tribe of Abimelech Platform, standing before the oldest tribal confederation of indigenous families of Palestine, and in unity with other recognized Bedouin tribes of the Naqab, Gaza and the West Bank, mourns the tragic and preventable death of Ahmad al Hassanat, a member of the Hassanat Abu Mu'aliq tribe, who succumbed to acute malnutrition at Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza on July 22nd, 2025. His death is more than a tragedy for the tribe, but a damning indictment of the ongoing genocide perpetrated by the far-right and extremist leaders of the State of Israel, which refuses to recognize our indigenous status despite global acknowledgment and legal obligations under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).