{"id":18345,"date":"2025-05-01T12:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T12:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=18345"},"modified":"2025-05-01T12:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T12:43:24","slug":"saudi-arabian-envoy-asks-icj-to-condemn-israels-hideous-conduct-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=18345","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabian envoy asks ICJ to condemn Israel’s ‘hideous conduct’ in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a>Meanwhile, Spain, Belgium and Latin American states highlight the illegality of Israel’s ban on humanitarian aid as World Court hearings enter second day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ICJ panel enters the court as the second day of hearings begins at The Hague in the Netherlands, on 29 April (MEE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Sondos Asem<\/a> in The Hague, Netherlands and Katherine Hearst<\/a> in London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published date: 29 April 2025 18:20 BST | Last update: 1 day 4 hours ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday concluded its second day of hearings on Israel\u2019s <\/a>humanitarian obligations in the occupied Palestinian<\/a> territories, including the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hearings coincide with Israel’s total blockade<\/a> of humanitarian aid to Gaza, which has been ongoing for over 50 days, and the intensification of military attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians since the collapse of the ceasefire on 18 March<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five-day proceedings<\/a>, which were prompted by a request from the UN General Assembly in December, include submissions from at least 40 nations and organisations on Israel\u2019s obligations concerning the presence and activities of the United Nations and other international organisations in the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as the role of third states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South African<\/a> diplomat Zane Dangor kicked off the proceedings on Tuesday, telling the court that the \u201cworld has failed the Palestinian people\u201d and that Israel has been committing “persecution, apartheid and genocide” in Gaza under the world\u2019s \u201cwatchful eye\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“While we watch, the gaze of Palestinians is directed squarely at the international community,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He further condemned the “exceptionalism” enjoyed by Israel, “from accountability and to international law and norms\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAny country or entity which seeks to hold Israel accountable for its inhumane and unlawful actions is subject to countermeasures and sanctions from which the UN and this court has not been spared,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Referring to Israel\u2019s outlawing of the UN agency for Palestinian Refugees (Unrwa) in October, which led Norway to lobby the General Assembly to request the case, he said that the agency is \u201cone of the latest casualties of Israel\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that Israeli attacks on Unrwa are intended to \u201cimperil the existence of Palestinians as a group\u201d through the denial of Palestinian refugees\u2019 right of return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He concluded that the world must \u201csave whatever is left of our humanity by ending Israel\u2019s unlawful settler colonial occupation and its intentional starving of the Palestinian population\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Hideous conduct\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia<\/a>\u2019s Mohamed Saud Alnasser, who is the director of legal affairs at the foreign ministry, condemned Israel\u2019s \u201cflagrant violations of international law\u201d in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLess than a year ago, the court heard that Israel\u2019s policies and practices in the occupied territory, including its settlement practices, its continued occupation and its annexation of parts of that territory are flagrant violations of international law that must be brought to an end as a matter of urgency,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSadly, but predictably, Israel chose to ignore the court\u2019s ruling, showing it considered itself above the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turning to Israel\u2019s \u201chideous conduct\u201d in Gaza, Alnasser said its \u201cmost ruthless application has been the siege conditions imposed over the Gaza Strip since October 2023\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Belgian<\/a> legal advisor Antoine Misonne reminded the court of Israel\u2019s obligation to cooperate with UN bodies, including Unrwa in the occupied Palestinian territories, as “Israel has no right to sovereignty over any part of the occupied Palestinian Territory and cannot exercise sovereign powers there by virtue of its occupation”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mohamed Saud Alnasser (right), Saudi Arabia’s representative at the International Court of Justice, condemned Israel\u2019s ‘flagrant violations of international law’, on 29 April 2025 (Sondos Asem\/MEE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In a subsequent submission, Colombian<\/a> representative Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, vice-minister for multilateral affairs, said that Israel’s actions have “put the Palestinian population in an impossible position” through the creation of a “dire humanitarian crisis” in Gaza and its blocking of aid to the Strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Israel has made the Palestinian population subject exclusively to its power and has impeded the work of relief agencies, which have been the only protection for the starving population,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that this conduct is “inconsistent with Israel’s status as an occupying power”, a breach of international and humanitarian law and its obligations as a UN member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish ambassador to the Netherlands, Maria Consuelo Femenia Guardiola, told the court that the Knesset judgements against Unrwa, passed in October, “constitute an arbitrary withholding of consent to humanitarian organisations and in particular to Unrwa, to provide humanitarian assistance and therefore a breach of international humanitarian law applicable to all occupying powers”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added that Israel’s prevention of the presence and activities of the UN in the occupied Palestinian territory is “a violation of both the norms of international human rights, both applicable to Israel and to the right of self-determination”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full text of the proceedings is now available on the court’s website<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/saudi-spain-columbia-speak-icj-advisory-opinion-unrwa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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