Egypt marks a turning point in its relations with Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza war on October 7, which reached a critical juncture last week when Israel took control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing that divides the Palestinian enclave of Egypt.
He Egyptian government announced this Sunday that he will apply for his integration into the proceedings against Israel due to the risk of genocide in Gaza before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
“Egypt announces its intention to formally intervene in support of South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel before the International Court of Justice to investigate Israel’s violations of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip,” it said. a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The request “comes in light of the increasing severity and scope of Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, and the continued perpetration of systematic practices against the Palestinian people,” the note added.
With this announcement Egypt mark one inflection point in their relations with Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza war on October 7 and which reached a critical moment last week when Israel took control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, which separates the Palestinian enclave from Egypt.
It’s worth remembering that Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979 with Israel withdrawing from the Sinai Peninsula while the two countries normalized relations, which have been weakened by recent events.
Israeli military spokesman Ofir Gendelman acknowledged shortly after the Rafah crossing operation that “Israel is very aware of the sensitivity of the operation” but understood that “it did not violate the terms of the agreement.”
Colombia, Libya and Nicaragua have also requested to intervene in the proceedings in recent weeks, using several articles of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Source: EITB
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