The International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is unlawful, the settlements must be evacuated, and Palestinians must be compensated and allowed to return to their lands.
The ICJ demands Israel cease its Rafah invasion, but compliance is “probably less than zero,” former UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk tells Mondoweiss.
The current American threats to sanction the ICC could spell the death of International Law. Whatever little hope people had for a just international system will disappear.
South Africa returned to the ICJ to argue for an immediate halt to Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza warning that a full Rafah invasion is “the last step in the destruction of Gaza and its Palestinian people.”
Aharon Barak, Israel’s ad-hoc judge for the Gaza genocide case at the ICJ, is acting less like a judge and more like a mouthpiece for official Israeli propaganda.
The International Court of Justice imposed new provisional measures in South Africa’s case against Israel for its genocide in Gaza, ordering Israel to ensure the entry of food and other supplies in order to stop the spreading famine.
Three Danish organizations along with the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq have together filed a lawsuit against Denmark for its export of weapons to Israel.
At least 20 Palestinians have died as a result of malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza, health officials say. Meanwhile, new reports from Israeli media say 27 Palestinian captives who were being held in Israeli “makeshift cages” have died.
Over 50 nations presented testimony to the ICJ on the legality of the Israeli occupation, with the majority offering stirring arguments for Israeli accountability and justice for the Palestinians. An Advisory Opinion is expected sometime this summer.
Several patients evacuated Nasser Hospital while dozens remain trapped under the Israeli siege of Khan Younis. Meanwhile, Palestine called on the ICJ to end the Israeli occupation, and Brazil’s Lula likened Israel’s Gaza genocide to Nazi Germany.