(Reuters) – Israel was ordered by the World Court docket on Friday to halt its army assault on town of Rafah through the Gaza struggle.
Listed here are some reactions:
HAMAS OFFICIAL BASEM NAIM:
“We welcome the decision by the World Court that calls on the Zionist occupation forces to end its military aggression on Rafah. We believe it is not enough since the occupation aggression across the Gaza Strip and especially in northern Gaza is just as brutal and dangerous.
“We name upon the U.N. Safety Council to right away implement this demand by the World Court docket into sensible measures to compel the Zionist enemy to implement the choice.
“We welcome the court’s request to allow investigation committees to reach the Gaza Strip to investigate acts of war of genocide against the Palestinian people and Hamas pledges to cooperate with investigation committees.”
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SPOKESPERSON NABIL ABU RUDEINEH:
“The presidency welcomes the decision issued by the International Court of Justice, which represents an international consensus on the demand to stop the all-out war on Gaza.”
ISRAEL
PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE AND FOREIGN MINISTRY, JOINT STATEMENT:
“South Africa’s accusations against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague regarding ‘genocide’ are false, outrageous and disgusting. Israel has not and will not carry out a military campaign in the Rafah area that creates living conditions that could lead to the destruction of the Palestinian civilian population, in whole or in part.”
FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH:
“Those who demand that the State of Israel stop the war, demand that it decree itself to cease to exist. We will not agree to that.”
OPPOSITION LEADER YAIR LAPID:
“The ICC arrest warrants are a complete moral failure, we cannot accept the outrageous comparison between Netanyahu and (Hamas leader) Sinwar, between the leaders of Israel and the leaders of Hamas.
“The truth that the court docket within the Hague didn’t make the connection in its ruling between the cessation of combating in Rafah and the return of the hostages and Israel’s proper to defend itself in opposition to terrorism is an ethical collapse and an ethical catastrophe.”
FORMER U.N. ENVOY DANNY DANON:
“As ICJ judges in The Hague deliberate in consolation and return to their households, 125 hostages languish in tunnels. Israel won’t stop the struggle till our hostages are introduced again residence and Hamas is totally defeated.”
WAR CABINET MINISTER BENNY GANTZ:
“The State of Israel set out on a simply and obligatory marketing campaign following the brutal bloodbath of its residents, abhorrent sexual violence perpetrated in opposition to its girls, kidnapping of its youngsters and rockets fired at its cities. The State of Israel is dedicated to proceed combating to return its hostages and promise the safety of its residents – wherever and every time obligatory – together with in Rafah.
“We will continue operating in accordance with international law wherever we might operate, while safeguarding to the best extent possible the civilian population. Not because of the ICJ, but because of who we are and the values we stand for.”
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON earlier than the ruling:
“No power on Earth will stop Israel from protecting its citizens and going after Hamas in Gaza”.
SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA:
“South Africa welcomes the order handed down by the International Court of Justice today.
“We’re gravely involved that Israel has restricted obligatory ranges of help from getting into Gaza and has systematically focused help and help infrastructure inside Gaza.
“This case is thus focused on the ordinary Palestinians in Gaza who are now facing their seventh month of suffering through collective punishment for something for which they have no individual responsibility.
“South Africa stays involved that the United Nations Safety Council has thus far not succeeded in stopping the human struggling.”
EU’S TOP DIPLOMAT JOSEP BORRELL:
“What will be the (EU’s) reply to the ruling of the Worldwide Court docket of Justice that has been issued in the present day, what’s going to be our place? We must select between our assist to worldwide establishments of the rule of regulation or our assist to Israel.”
BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HADJA LAHBIB:
“The @CIJ_ICJ orders Israel to cease its army offensive in Rafah. (Belgium) requires quick implementation of the choice. The violence and human struggling in Gaza should cease. We name for a ceasefire, the discharge of the hostages and negotiations for 2 States.”
GLOBAL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE NGO:
“The ruling in the present day serves as one other admonishment of Israel’s flagrant disregard for worldwide regulation and the duty to guard civilians in battle.
“Crucially, it gives critical recognition to survivors and the communities living under these attacks that they are unlawful. The ruling is likely to generate further pressure and international attention against Israel and their conduct of hostilities which has, to date, had all the hallmarks of starvation being used as a deliberate method of warfare.”
JORDAN FOREIGN MINISTER AYMAN SAFADI:
“As soon as once more, the ICJ exposes Israel’s struggle crimes in Gaza. And as soon as once more, the Israeli Govt reacts with disdain to Int’l regulation, refusing to heed the Court docket’s orders. The SC (Safety Council) should shoulder its duty, put an finish to Israel’s impunity & to double requirements in implementing Int’l regulation.”
REED BRODY, WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR:
“The ICJ has stepped as much as the plate with an historic choice that responds to the escalating gravity of the scenario in Gaza. The court docket has crossed a threshold, for the primary time, by ordering Israel to halt particular army operations in addition to to open the Rafah crossing and different crossings and permit entry to worldwide fact-finding missions.
“This legally binding and very specific ruling leaves Israel with very little wiggle room. Together with the ICC prosecutor’s request for indictments of Prime Minister Netanyahu and other top Israeli and Hamas officials, these actions are a 1-2 legal punch to the conduct of Israel’s war in Gaza.”
EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY:
“Egypt calls on Israel to comply with its legal obligations within the framework of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and international humanitarian law, and to implement all interim measures issued by the ICJ, which are considered legally binding and enforceable, as they are issued by the highest international judicial body.
“Egypt stresses that Israel bears full obligation for the deteriorating humanitarian situations within the Gaza Strip because the occupying energy, calling on Israel to cease its systematic insurance policies in opposition to the Palestinian individuals of concentrating on, hunger and siege in violation of all provisions of worldwide regulation and worldwide humanitarian regulation.”
NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ESPEN BARTH EIDE:
“I anticipate Israel to hold out the measures which were ordered. Respect for the court docket and its features, together with the authority to order interim measures, is important to strengthening worldwide regulation and the worldwide authorized order.”
CANADIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND:
Freeland, reacting to the ruling, said she expected all parties to follow international law.
SAUDI ARABIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY:
“Saudi Arabia welcomes the choice issued by the Worldwide Court docket of Justice ordering Israel to right away cease the army offensive or every other actions in Rafah, in accordance with the Conference on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.”
TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY:
“We welcome the interim choice … ordering Israel to halt its assaults on Rafah in Gaza and instantly open the Rafah border gate to humanitarian help.
“No country in the world is above the law. We expect all decisions taken by the Court to be quickly implemented by Israel. To ensure this, we invite the U.N. Security Council to do its part.”
COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS:
“We applaud this binding order by the United Nations’ high court docket demanding a direct finish to Israel’s slaughter and compelled displacement of Palestinian civilians in Rafah.
“While the Biden administration stands alone in continuing to offer full support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the international community is increasingly pushing back against the slaughter, forced starvation and ethnic cleansing Israel’s far-right government is inflicting on the Palestinian people.
“Israel is clearly making an attempt to make Gaza uninhabitable. It have to be stopped from finishing this monstrous purpose. President Biden should honor this vital ruling by instantly ending all army help to Israel’s genocide.”
(Reported by Reuters reporters worldwide; Compiled by Andrew Cawthorne; Modifying by William Maclean and Jonathan Oatis)
