28/04/2025 09:34
The Guardian
Rebel group say 68 people have died in attack on facility holding migrants trying to cross war-torn country to reach Saudi ArabiaIsrael’s foreign minister Gideon Saar called the hearings part of a “systematic persecution and delegitimization” of his country. Speaking in Jerusalem as the hearings began in The Hague, Saar said the court was “becoming completely politicised”, calling the proceeding “shameful”.Ammar Hijazi, who is Palestine’s ambassador to the Netherlands, has addressed the court in oral arguments. Here are some of his main points. Hijazi, who says he stands before the ICJ on behalf of the persecuted people (Palestinians) fighting to survive in Gaza, said:Israel is unravelling “fundamental principles of international law” including its obligations under the UN charter.Israel is turning Palestine – particularly Gaza – into a “mass grave” for Palestinians and rescue workers.The World Food Programme reports a near 100% increase of Palestinians’ in need of food aid in the occupied West Bank. “Impeding the presence and activities of the UN and the international organisations must be viewed in the context of erasure and forced displacement,” Hijazi said.Israeli occupation has demolished refugee camps in Jenin and Tulkarm, forcibly displacing more than 40,000 Palestinians. “Israel has announced the displaced will not be allowed to return,” Hijazi siad.Israel is destroying the “fundamentals of life in Palestine” while it blocks UN and other humanitarian organisations from providing “life saving aid” to the population. Continue reading...
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