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SvennoJ on 28 March 2024
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ICJ orders Israel to stop preventing ‘delivery of urgently needed’ aid

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to provide immediate, unhindered delivery of aid to Gaza as part of new provisional measures issued in a genocide case brought by South Africa.

The ICJ unanimously adopted an order for the unhindered provision by all parties of “urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance, including food, water, electricity, fuel, shelter, clothing, hygiene and sanitation requirements, as well as medical supplies and medical care to Palestinians throughout Gaza, including by increasing the capacity and number of land crossing points and maintaining them open for as long as necessary”.

Israel should carry out the order “without delay, in full cooperation with the United Nations”, the court said.

The court also adopted by a 15-1 vote an order to “ensure with immediate effect that [the Israeli] military does not commit acts which 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 by preventing, through any action, the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance”.

The court said Israel must submit a report on “all measures taken” to abide by its order within a month.


Proceedings at the International Court of Justice on Israel’s war on Gaza

ICJ says situation on the ground changing since last provisional measures issued

The court says these are modifications due to the change in the situation on the ground in Gaza. The court [said] “When we wrote or issued our January 26 provisional measures, the people of Gaza were facing a risk of famine”.

The ICJ says now that famine is setting in, and that is why, in its words, it justifies the modification in these provisional measures.

So the bottom line is, the court looks at the situation on the ground in Gaza and says we need to update our provisional measures, and that’s exactly what they’ve done.

You mean, the situation has only been getting more catastrophic.

South Africa welcomes ‘significant’ new UN court orders for Israel

The South African presidency welcomed new orders by the International Court of Justice on Israel’s war on Gaza, saying the changing circumstances in the battered territory warrant new strategies.

“The fact that Palestinian deaths are not solely caused by bombardment and ground attacks, but also by disease and starvation, indicates a need to protect the group’s right to exist,” it said in a statement.

“The most effective way to uphold this right is through prevention. The court’s actions include specific responsibilities to prevent genocide.

“As a number of judges pointed out, these responsibilities can only be fulfilled by halting military operations in Gaza and adhering to the court’s directives. If there is non-compliance, the global community must ensure adherence when it comes to the sanctity of humanity.”







No change in Gaza since UN ceasefire vote: MSF

The resolution adopted by the Security Council demanded an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza for the ongoing Muslim holy month of Ramadan, leading to a “lasting” truce. “We haven’t seen any change after this resolution on the ground,” Christos Christou, MSF’s international president, told AFP news agency in an interview.

“We haven’t seen any impact in … people’s lives there every day; we haven’t seen an impact in our world, [and the] ways of delivering the humanitarian aid,” he said. “The situation remains the same.”


Netanyahu tells captive families Israel army ‘preparing to enter Rafah’

Israel’s prime minister told the relatives of soldiers held in Gaza that only military pressure will secure their release and the military is “preparing to enter Rafah”. “We conquered the north of the Gaza Strip and Khan Younis,” he is quoted as saying in a statement, adding a ground invasion of southern Rafah city is coming next.

Benjamin Netanyahu also sought to emphasise that he’s not abandoning negotiations to release the captives, and said all of Israel’s assets must be “used wisely” in the talks.

Israel and Hamas failed to arrive at a compromise during the latest round of multilateral talks in Qatar, with Hamas saying the Israeli military must end its siege of the enclave and allow displaced Palestinians to return home.


CNN remains silent on most of this, the bridge collapse in Baltimore is a good distraction.