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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) concluded this Monday six days of hearings turned into a call for a negotiated two-state solutionIsrael and Palestine, and the desperate cry
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) concluded this Monday six days of hearings turned into a call for a negotiated two-state solutionIsrael and Palestine, and the desperate cry for ending the “illegal” Israeli occupation of Palestinian territoriesin a case where there were complaints about the humanitarian tragedy in the Gaza Strip.
Since February 19 last year, a total of 52 countries and three international organizations have come forward to make their case at the UN’s top court. Reasons why the International Court of Justice should issue an advisory legal opinion on Israeli practices and policies in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The most common terms were “illegal”to describe the settlements and Israeli occupation of Palestine; “legal right”determine the need for self-determination of the Palestinian people, and “a negotiated two-state solution”as the only way to end the suffering of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Most of the charges They condemned Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
A car is set on fire during an attack by Israeli settlers near Salfit in the occupied West Bank. Photo: Reuters
The hearings began with Palestinian interventions that included emotional moments, such as the voice of its permanent representative to the UN, Riyad Mansour, whose voice cracked with emotion as he asked: respect for self-determination in the face of Israeli “humiliation”.
“Palestine asks this Court to guide the international community to uphold international law, end injustice and achieve a just and lasting peace. Guide us towards a future in which Palestinian children are treated as children and not as a demographic threat. A future in which not a single Palestinian or Israeli is killed. A future in which two states live side by side, in peace and security,” he added.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki warned that “The ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip is the result of decades of impunity and inaction.”in which Israel “gave the Palestinian people only three options: displacement, enslavement or death, i.e. ethnic cleansing, apartheid or genocide” and reminded that “ending Israeli impunity is a moral, political and legal issue.”
“The Israeli occupation must end immediately, completely and unconditionally.”repeated in several countries, including South Africa, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Qatar, Belize, Colombia, Iran and Jordan.
A man waves a Palestinian flag in front of the Peace Palace, headquarters of the International Court of Justice. Photo: Reuters.
Israel did not participate, but its allies, such as the United States, did, asking the court not to make “an opinion requiring unilateral, immediate and unconditional Israeli withdrawal that does not take into account its legitimate security needs“and urged him to “carefully calibrate” his advice to ensure it “facilitates rather than upsets the balance, or potentially makes the prospect of negotiations even more difficult.”
France asked “a decisive and credible restart of the peace process” and warned that the “greater the attack on the integrity” of Palestine, “the further the prospect” of a two-state solution will recede.
China defended “use of force” as an “inalienable right” the Palestinian people to “resist Israeli oppression” and called on the parties to “take into account each other’s legitimate concerns.”
Spain condemned the “system of jurisdictional fragmentation in the context of a structure of institutionalized discrimination” and listed violations of international law by Israeli forces such as child detention or settlements that “obstruct” a negotiated solution.
Israeli military equipment during an attack in Tulkarm, West Bank. Photo: Reuters.
Jordan believed that “Settler terrorism is a growing evil” and criticized Israel’s being allowed to “act in total disregard” of the law, while Lebanon called for “objectivity” and deplored the “perverse argument contrary to policy and law” put forward by the United States.
There were also rhetorical interventions, such as the intervention of Russia, which was ordered by the International Court of Justice in 2022 to stop its invasion of Ukraine, but which at these hearings assured that it unites Israel with a “common history of fighting Nazism”, but that nothing justifies “collective punishment” 2 .3 million civilians in the Gaza Strip.
“Violence can only lead to more violence.”“Hate only breeds more hate, and this vicious circle must be broken,” Russia said.
The date for which the International Court of Justice will announce its decision has not yet been set.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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