For its part, the United States hopes that Israel will not invade Rafa at least until it has been able to propose “alternatives” in the meetings in Washington that the Israelis have agreed to reschedule after having canceled.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest court of the UN, indicated this Thursday additional precautionary measures to Israel and prevent your Army from committing acts of genocide against the Palestinians Loop or prevent “by any action, the delivery of humanitarian assistance urgent”.
The ICJ warned that civilians “no longer only face a risk of famine,” as the Court had warned on January 26, when it asked Israel urgent measures to avoid genocide, but that “famine is already setting in” and “the catastrophic living conditions of Palestinians in Gaza have worsened even more.”
The court requires Israel to “take all necessary and effective measures”, in cooperation with the UN, to ensure the “unimpeded and large-scale” provision by all concerned of basic services and humanitarian assistance, including food, water, electricity, fuel, shelter, clothing, hygiene and sanitation requirements, medical supplies and care.
This means, the ICJ added, increasing “the capacity and number of land crossing points and keeping them open as long as necessary” to alleviate the situation of the civilian population in the Strip.
Israel must “ensure with immediate effect that its military does not commit acts that constitute a violation of any of the rights of the Palestinians in Gaza as a protected group under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, including preventing, by any action, the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance,” the court adds as an additional precautionary measure.
The Israeli Government has one month, from this order, to present a report to the Court on the measures taken to give effect to these provisional measures.
USA The US hopes that Israel will not invade Rafah until it has been able to propose “alternatives”
The United States Government hopes that Israel will not invade Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, at least until it has been able to propose “alternatives” in the meetings in Washington that the Israelis have agreed to reschedule after having canceled.
The spokesman for the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, said this Thursday in a call with journalists that both governments are still looking for dates for these meetings, but that he hopes that Israel does not enter Rafah before.
“We hope to get a better idea of what they think about Rafah, in more specific terms, and also to have an opportunity to share with them some of our ideas about viable alternatives to major ground operations,” he noted.
“We are talking right now about rescheduling that meeting on Rafah with the Prime Minister’s (Benjamin Netanyahu) office and our Israeli counterparts. We are working right now to finalize the date,” he said.
A delegation led by the Israeli National Security Advisor, Tzachi Hanegbi, and the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, – from Netanyahu’s closest circle – had to be in Washington this week for meetings on Rafah.
However, Netanyahu canceled the visit after the United States on Monday allowed abstention The UN Security Council approved a resolution calling for a Stop the fire in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Eitb
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