BREAKING: International Court of Justice (ICJ) orders Israel to halt its attack on Rafah.
Source: Al-Jazeera News|Israel-Palestine conflict
ICJ orders Israel to halt its offensive on Rafah, Gaza in new ruling
Judges at the top United Nations court order Israel to immediately halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel to halt its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and withdraw from the enclave, in a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, citing “immense risk” to the Palestinian population.
Friday’s decision marked the third time this year the 15-judge panel has issued preliminary orders seeking to rein in the death toll and alleviate humanitarian suffering in Gaza. While orders are legally binding, the court has no police to enforce them.
Reading out a ruling by the International Court of Justice or World Court, the body’s president Nawaf Salam said provisional measures ordered by the court in March did not fully address the situation in the besieged Palestinian enclave now, and conditions had been met for a new emergency order.
Israel must “immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah Governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part,” Salam said, and called the humanitarian situation in Rafah “disastrous”.
South Africa’s lawyers had asked the ICJ in the Hague last week to impose emergency measures, saying Israel’s attacks on Rafah must be stopped to ensure the survival of the Palestinian people.
Reporting from The Hague, in the Netherlands, Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen said that 13 of the 15 ICJ judges agreed that the situation in Rafah is a red line with words like ‘exceptionally dire’ being used by them to describe the situation.
“The main judge said 800,000 are displaced, and that he doesn’t believe Israel’s word that they are provided safety and humanitarian access. He said there was no evidence of that,” she noted.
“That’s why the court has now made a very strong order that Israel should immediately stop its offensive and military operation in Rafah and withdraw its troops from there. He also made a ruling on border crossings, that they must be reopened as soon as possible to get humanitarian aid in,” Vaessen added and said that the judge also stressed that observers from the UN have to get access as soon as possible to make sure that no evidence of any possible war crimes disappear from the region.
The ICJ has also ordered Israel to report back to the court within one month over its progress in applying measures ordered by the institution.
Continue reading HERE
Latest
“The difference between me and you is.
I stand with every innocent, oppressed, victimized person.
But before you decide to stand with these people, you go through a checklist. There they belong.
country, group, region and religion.”
― Mohammed Zaki Ansari, “Zaki’s Gift Of Love”
Great post, I believe blog owners should larn a lot from this blog its rattling user friendly.
Simply wanna remark on few general things, The website style is perfect, the subject material is rattling great. “The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind.” by Marquis de Sade.
Hi would you mind letting me know which web host you’re utilizing? I’ve loaded your blog in 3 completely different web browsers and I must say this blog loads a lot faster then most. Can you recommend a good internet hosting provider at a honest price? Thanks, I appreciate it!
Good info. Lucky me I reach on your website by accident, I bookmarked it.
I like this post, enjoyed this one appreciate it for putting up.
Saya sungguh tertarik menemukan situs web ini di Bing, persis seperti yang saya cari : D juga sudah saya simpan ke favorit.
Thank you for sharing with us, I believe this website really stands out :D.
Saya selalu memikirkan hal ini, sangat dihargai telah mengunggah.
Very fantastic visual appeal on this website , I’d value it 10 10.
When some one searches for his vital thing, so he/she
desires to be available that in detail, so that thing is maintained
over here.
Very nice article, totally what I needed.
Itu memang milik Anda! . Kita setidaknya perlu membuat orang-orang yang mengambil gambar ini mulai nge-blog! Mereka mungkin hanya melakukan pencarian gambar dan mengambilnya. Tapi tampilannya menarik!
Having read this I thought it was extremely informative.
I appreciate you finding the time and energy to put this informative
article together. I once again find myself
spending a lot of time both reading and commenting.
But so what, it was still worthwhile!
Hello.This post was really motivating, especially since I was investigating for thoughts on this topic last Tuesday.
Good day! Do you know if they make any plugins to protect against hackers? I’m kinda paranoid about losing everything I’ve worked hard on. Any recommendations?
Magnificent web site. Plenty of useful information here. I’m sending it to several friends ans additionally sharing in delicious. And certainly, thank you in your effort!