Egypt marks a turning point in its relations with Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza war on October 7, which reached a critical moment last week when Israel assumed control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing that separates the Palestinian enclave. Of Egipt.
He Egyptian government announced this Sunday that he will request his incorporation into proceedings against Israel for risk of genocide in Gaza before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
“Egypt announces intention to formally intervene to support South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel before the International Court of Justice to investigate Israel’s violations of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Strip. of Gaza,” according to a statement from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.
The request “comes in light of the worsening severity and scope of Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, and the continued perpetration of systematic practices against the Palestinian people,” the note adds.
With this announcement, Egypt mark a inflection point in their relations with Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza war on October 7 and which reached a critical moment last week when Israel assumed control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing that separates the Palestinian enclave from Egypt.
It is worth remembering that Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979 under which Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula while the two countries normalized relations, which have been weakened by recent events.
Israeli military spokesman Ofir Gendelman acknowledged shortly after the operation at the Rafah crossing that “Israel is very aware of the sensitivity of the operation” but understood that “it did not violate the terms of the agreement.”
Colombia, Libya and Nicaragua have also requested in recent weeks to intervene in the proceedings, taking advantage of various articles of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Source: Eitb
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