Gaza: Spain joins South Africa's case at UN top court

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By AFP

06 June 2024   |   9:05 americium

Spain said connected Thursday that it volition articulation South Africa's lawsuit astatine the UN's apical tribunal successful which Pretoria has accused Israel of "genocide" successful the Gaza Strip. "Our sole extremity is to enactment an extremity to the warfare and to beforehand connected the roadworthy of applying the two-state solution", Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares…

Spain said connected Thursday that it volition articulation South Africa’s lawsuit astatine the UN’s apical tribunal successful which Pretoria has accused Israel of “genocide” successful the Gaza Strip.

“Our sole extremity is to enactment an extremity to the warfare and to beforehand connected the roadworthy of applying the two-state solution”, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said astatine a property conference.

His connection came a week aft Spain, on with Ireland and Norway, recognised the authorities of Palestine, sparking fury from Israel.

South Africa brought the lawsuit earlier the International Court of Justice past year, alleging that Israel’s Gaza offensive, launched successful retaliation for an unprecedented Hamas onslaught connected Israel, breached the 1948 UN Genocide Convention.

Israel has powerfully denied the accusation.

Set up aft World War II, the Hague-based ICJ rules successful disputes betwixt states.

The ICJ connected Friday ordered Israel to guarantee “unimpeded access” to UN-mandated investigators to look into allegations of genocide.

In a ruling connected January 26, the ICJ besides ordered Israel to bash everything it could to forestall acts of genocide during its subject cognition successful Gaza.

But South Africa has since returned respective times to the ICJ arguing that the dire humanitarian concern successful the territory compels the tribunal to contented further caller exigency measures.

On May 24, the tribunal ordered Israel to “immediately” halt its subject violative successful the metropolis of Rafah and support unfastened the cardinal borderline crossing determination for “unhindered” humanitarian aid.

It besides called for the “unconditional” merchandise of hostages taken by Palestinian militant radical Hamas during its October 7 battle that sparked the war.

ICJ rulings are legally binding but the tribunal has nary factual means to enforce them. For example, it ordered Russia to halt its penetration of Ukraine, to nary avail.

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Spain said connected Thursday that it volition articulation South Africa's lawsuit astatine the UN's apical tribunal successful which Pretoria has accused Israel of "genocide" successful the Gaza Strip. "Our sole extremity is to enactment an extremity to the warfare and to beforehand connected the roadworthy of applying the two-state solution", Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares…

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