ICJ hearings on Israel’s actions in Palestine to begin on Monday
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will begin public hearings on Monday in a case brought by the UN General Assembly on Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian Territories.
The case pre-dates South Africa’s ICJ filing under the genocide convention and requests the court’s opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian Territories more broadly. The UN General Assembly decided to bring the case before the ICJ back in December 2022, with 87 countries voting in favour, 26 countries voting no and 53 abstaining.
REMINDER: the public hearings in the advisory proceedings on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, will open next Monday, 19 February, before the #ICJ https://t.co/8m54WxxxWf
— CIJ_ICJ (@CIJ_ICJ) February 16, 2024
Israeli settlers attack West Bank town: Report
The Wafa news agency says Israeli settlers are attacking homes in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya. The Israelis also set fire to a vehicle, the agency said
Turmus Ayya was the scene of a large scale settler attack last June, when hundreds of Israelis set fire to homes and cars and killed at least one Palestinian man. At the time, residents of the town said Israeli forces “cleared the way” for the settler attack.
Netanyahu is ‘still playing games’ on negotiations: Hamas official
Osama Hamdan, a senior spokesperson for Hamas, has told Al Jazeera that Netanyahu is “still playing games” on negotiations. “The main point of disagreement is Netanyahu and his games,” Hamdan told Al Jazeera from Beirut. “He is trying not to have any arrangements or agreements. That is clear.”
Hamdan reiterated that Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh had expressed a “positive position” towards negotiations and “willingness” to achieve a ceasefire, in a statement on Saturday.
US still playing games as well
US says current draft of UNSC resolution ‘will not be adopted’
The US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has issued a statement responding to reports that Algeria is planning to put its proposed ceasefire resolution to a vote on Tuesday. “Should it come up for a vote as drafted, it will not be adopted,” Thomas-Greenfield said.
The US has previously used its veto to prevent the UN Security Council (UNSC) from passing resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Algeria requests Security Council vote on a ceasefire: Reports
Algeria has asked the UN Security Council (UNSC) to vote on a draft ceasefire resolution on Tuesday morning, diplomatic sources have told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. Most of the UNSC’s 15 members reportedly support the resolution put forward by Algeria but negotiations to try to get the United States – which holds veto power – on board have been ongoing.
‘Deals not deaths’ – peace protesters arrested in Tel Aviv
‘We want flour’: Palestinians in northern Gaza appeal for food
Palestinians in Jabalia have gathered outside UNRWA headquarters in a protest calling for food to be delivered to the refugee camp in northern Gaza. Palestinian journalist Moamen Abu Odeh filmed a child at the protest saying, “We want flour, we want flour”, in a video posted on social media.
“There are about 300,000 people in the north and I have no idea how they’ve survived,” said Andrea De Domenico, the head of the UN humanitarian agency OCHA in the Palestinian territories. “What we managed to bring up there is absolutely not enough. It is pure misery.”
Palestinians try to continue their daily life despite almost no food reaching the Jabalia refugee camp in Jabalia, Gaza on Saturday
