ICJ ruling on Israeli occupation should be ‘wake-up’ call for US: HRW
Tirana Hassan, the executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), said the International Court of Justice ruling had, for the first time, also found Israel responsible for instituting “apartheid” against Palestinians.
The ruling should prompt a reassessment of the US defending Israel’s “oppression of Palestinians”, Hassan said.
“In a historic ruling, the International Court of Justice has found multiple and serious international law violations by Israel towards Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian Territory, including, for the first time, finding Israel responsible for apartheid,” Hassan said in a statement.
“The court has placed responsibility with all states and the United Nations to end these violations of international law,” she said.
“The ruling should be yet another wake-up call for the United States to end its egregious policy of defending Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and prompt a thorough reassessment in other countries as well,” she added.
Rights group calls for ‘concrete action’ against Israel after ICJ ruling
Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq said the ICJ ruling on Israel’s unlawful occupation of Palestine is the “first step” towards undoing the “generational harm” of Israel’s illegal presence, apartheid, aggressive settlement expansion, and the ongoing mass displacement of Palestinians.
In a series of posts on social media, Al-Haq said the ICJ ruling was also a “stark reminder” to states and business corporations that they must now “take concrete action against Israel’s crimes” and push for an end to the Israeli military and settler presence in Palestine.
“Al-Haq welcomes the findings that settlers be removed from the settlements, Palestinians returned to their properties and for full restitution of land and properties. The opinion endorses the decades long calls by Palestinians, the UN, & legal experts,” the rights group said.
2/4 Al-Haq welcomes the findings that settlers be removed from the settlements, #Palestinians returned to their properties and for full restitution of land and properties. The opinion endorses the decades long calls by Palestinians, the UN, & legal experts #ICJ
— Al-Haq الحق (@alhaq_org) July 19, 2024
Two states way to end ‘cycle of violence’: New Zealand
New Zealand says it is “deeply concerned” by the recent vote in Israel’s Knesset opposing Palestinian statehood.
In brief post on social media, New Zealand’s Foreign Ministry said “only a political solution, where two states can live side by side in peace and security, will end the cycle of violence”.
“We must not lose sight of this objective,” the ministry added.
🇳🇿 is deeply concerned by the Israeli Knesset’s vote opposing the establishment of a Palestinian state. Only a political solution, where two states can live side by side in peace and security, will end the cycle of violence. We must not lose sight of this objective.
— New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade (@MFATNZ) July 20, 2024
