![]() "The South African government said it was gravely concerned that the unprecedented military offensive against Rafah. "Israel is committed to upholding international law, including facilitating the transfer of humanitarian aid and preventing harm to innocents."įollowing the interim measures outlined by the court last month, it will likely take years to make a final ruling on the allegations. "South Africa continues to represent the interests of the Hamas terrorist organisation and is trying to deny Israel the fundamental right to defend itself and its citizens. ![]() Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson Lior Hayat today repeated language used at the time South Africa brought the case before the ICJ, accusing the country of acting as the "legal arm" of Hamas. "At least some of the acts and omissions alleged by South Africa to have been committed by Israel in Gaza appear to be capable of falling within the provisions of the (Genocide) Convention," the judges said then. The court dismissed Israel's demand that the case be thrown out, ordering it to prevent and punish any public incitements to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and to preserve evidence related to any allegations of genocide there. South Africa asked the UN court to consider whether Israel's military operations would constitute a breach of provisional orders handed down by the justices last month, when they told the country to take measures to prevent genocide in Gaza. Israel has been responding to a request filed by South Africa with the International Court of Justice to intervene in its plans to launch an offensive in Rafah. "Israel has taken, only in the last four months, 7,000 Palestinian hostages in its jails without trial or charge. ![]() It has also said it does everything possible to get civilians out of harm's way.Īsked what the Palestinian Authority, based in the West Bank, was doing to urge Hamas to release hostages, Mr Zomlot said there must be a hostage exchange. Israel has vehemently denied any allegations of genocide, accusing Hamas of using civilians as human shields and of seeking to commit genocide against Israel. "The international order and the rules we created together after the Second World War are being demolished." He accused the international community of "sitting on its hands as genocide is being committed". "The international community is just condemning, 'concerned' - these responsibly actors should act rather than declare sympathies." the normalisation of the sheer destruction of an entire community is going to haunt all of us," said Mr Zomlot. "The normalisation of the mass murder of children, the normalisation of the mass destruction of houses. Sanctions should be enacted against Israel so it starts listening to warnings from other nations, he said, because "words are not enough". He told Yalda Hakim's The World that the rules-based international order created after the Second World War was being demolished. The international community is not doing enough to stop Israel turning Gaza "lifeless" and "unliveable", says Palestinian ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot.
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