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Qatar informed the Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICJ) throughout hearings on Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories that it rejects “double requirements” when worldwide legislation applies to some however not others.
“Some kids are deemed worthy of safety whereas others are killed by the hundreds,” Qatar's senior diplomat Mutlaq al-Qahtani mentioned in The Hague on Friday.
“Qatar rejects such double requirements. Worldwide legislation should be upheld in all circumstances. “It ought to be enforced on everybody and there ought to be accountability.”
Al-Qahtani mentioned that Israel had imposed an “apartheid regime” to take care of “the domination of Jewish Israelis over Palestinians”.
He additionally mentioned the occupation is “unlawful” as a result of it violates the Palestinian individuals's proper to self-determination.
The Court docket has a transparent mandate and certainly duty to handle this unacceptable scenario. The credibility of the worldwide authorized system is dependent upon your opinion, and the stakes couldn’t be larger.
Qatar, the US and Egypt are mediating negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to cease the present warfare, which is having a devastating affect on Palestinian civilians within the Gaza Strip.
Since final week, the ICJ has been listening to opinions from greater than 50 nations on the authorized implications of Israel's occupation earlier than the courtroom points a non-binding opinion.
The 15-judge panel is requested to evaluation Israel's “occupation, settlement and annexation, … together with people who alter the demographic construction, character and standing of the holy metropolis of Jerusalem, and the adoption of associated discriminatory legal guidelines and measures.” Goal measures are included”.
However Qatar described Israel's coverage as a violation of worldwide legislation, echoing comparable statements from a number of nations, together with South Africa, which additionally known as the occupation “apartheid”.
Representatives from a number of different nations, together with Pakistan, Norway, Indonesia and the UK, spoke at Friday's listening to.
Pakistani Regulation and Justice Minister Ahmed Irfan Aslam, referring to the withdrawal of French residents from Algeria in 1962, mentioned that though Israel had tried to make its occupation of Palestinian territories irreversible, historical past had proven that change was attainable.
He mentioned that the two-state resolution “ought to be the premise of peace”.
Norway's consultant mentioned developments on the bottom “give motive to ask whether or not annexation is popping into de facto annexation”, which is prohibited beneath worldwide legislation.
Indonesian International Minister Retno Marsudi, who mentioned he left the G20 assembly in Brazil to handle the ICJ in particular person, mentioned: “I’m coming ahead to defend justice towards the gross violations of worldwide humanitarian legislation being carried out by Israel. I’m standing in entrance of you.”
Marsudi mentioned that Israel's “unlawful occupation” shouldn’t be normalized or acknowledged, that every one actions stopping the Palestinian individuals's proper to self-determination “will likely be unlawful” and that it’s clear that its “apartheid regime” is a violation of worldwide legislation.
The British consultant was the one one who on Friday deflected from what different nations mentioned and as a substitute aligned with the US, which known as on the courtroom to say no to challenge an advisory opinion.
The consultant mentioned that though Israel's occupation is against the law, it’s a “bilateral dispute”, and issuing an opinion would affect the UN Safety Council-led safety framework.
These hearings are, partially, a push by the Palestinian authorities to carry worldwide authorized establishments to research the Israeli occupation, particularly in mild of the present warfare over Gaza.
Throughout the previous 4 months and following Hamas assaults in southern Israel on October 7, which killed 1,139 Israelis, Israel has launched a army marketing campaign in Gaza, ensuing within the deaths of greater than 29,000 Palestinians.
Within the occupied West Financial institution, settler violence has elevated, and world leaders have issued sanctions to attempt to punish and cease the assaults.
Israel, which isn’t collaborating within the listening to, has mentioned that courtroom proceedings could possibly be detrimental to reaching some sort of negotiated resolution.