It emphasizes that the International Court of Justice’s previous orders have not been effective “either because of a lack of clarity about what exactly these orders require, or because Israel chooses to ignore them,” and has asked the court to require Israel “in a clearly explicit manner “to halt its military operations in the Gaza Strip.
He South African government On Thursday he warned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the Israeli offensive in Rafah is part of the “end” and “the final step in the destruction of Gaza” as an area that “can harbor human lives,” and has asked the court Israel “clearly explicit” demands the cessation of its military operations in the Strip, ‘Israel must be stopped“South Africa is before you today to ask the Court to invoke its powers to order a solution to restrain Israel,” said Adila Hassim, member of South Africa’s legal team.
Speaking at the ICJ, British lawyer Vaughan Lowe, also a member of South Africa’s legal team, warned that “if the court does not act now, Gaza will be completely destroyed and become an area that cannot be inhabited by humans .” that a cessation of military operations is “necessary” to comply with the Court’s orders to Israel to prevent genocide in the Gaza Strip.
‘The most important point today is that Israel’s goal of wiping Gaza off the map is about to be realized“, stressed South Africa, which has justified the need for additional precautionary measures against “any other state that continues to provide aid or assistance to Israel in its campaign to eradicate Palestine.”
South Africa initiated proceedings before the International Court of Justice on December 29, 2023 over the risk of genocide in Gaza. On January 26, the ICJ issued precautionary measures requiring Israel to take steps to prevent genocide, which it reinforced with a new order on March 28.
“For months, people, especially in the West, seemed reluctant to accept that the allegations are true. How can people who look and sound like us participate in something like genocide? But you have to face the evidence.” credible argument that this catastrophe is not real,” Lowe warned.
For example, he has described that although Israel assures that “it is doing everything it can to prevent civilian deaths,” these are known new evidence of “continuous bombings, attacks on people in the so-called safe areas, bombings of humanitarian convoys and mass graves.”
Pretoria filed a new application last Friday asking for new measures from the International Court of Justice, saying the Israeli army’s offensive in Rafah represents “a change” in the situation since the last time the Court ruled.
“South Africa is here because The Palestinian people are facing genocide in Gazaand its previous (ICJ) orders They have failed to protect them. Either due to a lack of clarity about what exactly those orders require, or because Israel chooses to ignore themhave not been effective,” the lawyer complained.
He added that Israel’s actions target the Palestinian people throughout Gaza and the West Bank.
‘It has become increasingly clear that the The Israeli actions in Rafah are part of the final phase, in which Gaza is completely destroyed as an area capable of supporting human life. “This is the final step in the destruction of Gaza and its Palestinian people,” Lowe said.
He pointed this out Details are not always “easily verified” because Israel prevents researchers and journalists from entering Gaza. “But Israel cannot block an independent investigation and then say the court cannot proceed because there is not enough evidence,” the lawyer said. In this sense, he recalled that almost a hundred journalists have been killed since the start of the Israeli offensive.
“If Israel continues to deny that its bombings, military incursions, blocking of roads and access points and its other military operations in Gaza hinder compliance with the court’s orders, the Court must make this clear to Israel,” he added.
The lawyer also recalled that the states’ right to self-defense does not give ‘carte blanche’ to the unlimited use of force. “No right to self-defense can ever extend to the right to collectively inflict massive and indiscriminate violence and hunger on an entire people,” he stressed.
Likewise, he specified that the court ruled as early as 2004 that “there is no right of self-defense on the part of an occupying state against the territory it occupies.”
On Friday, Israel will present its arguments against the need for additional precautions.
Source: EITB
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