While they praised the decision of the International Court of Justice regarding the war on the Gaza Strip, experts in international law and political analysts believe that this decision put Israel under the microscope, supervision and monitoring, and they stressed the importance of having international political and diplomatic action to pressure to stop the war in Gaza.

On Friday, the International Court of Justice issued its decision to accept the lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel on charges of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, and ordered Israel to take the necessary measures to prevent direct incitement to genocide. It also stressed that its ruling imposes international legal obligations on Israel.

Lawyer and expert in international law, Dr. Saad Jabbar, described the International Court of Justice’s decision as a “real and historic gain,” because it is the first time that Israel has stood in the dock, and it is also a historic decision because there is a consensus among the judges with the exception of one judge.

He considered that not declaring a ceasefire in Gaza by the court is “a very realistic decision, because the one in charge of this matter is the UN Security Council or the major powers,” which is what happened in the case of Kosovo, where NATO intervened and put pressure on the Serbs. .

From the lawyer’s point of view, Israel will not adhere, as usual, to the demands of the International Court of Justice, but it has been placed under the microscope, supervision and monitoring, and the international community must unite its ranks politically and diplomatically in order to put pressure on the United States to put pressure on Israel in turn or stop supplying it with weapons to force it to stop the war in Gaza.

Regarding the Israeli position, Dr. Muhannad Mustafa, an expert on Israeli affairs, believed that the International Court of Justice’s decision undermined the Israeli narrative regarding the war on the Gaza Strip, which explains the intense Israeli anger at the court.

While Israel claims that it is exercising the "right of self-defense" in its war on Gaza, the International Court of Justice said that Israel has exceeded the idea of the right of self-defense.

Israel also tried to link its war on Gaza with the "Jewish catastrophe," but the International Court of Justice torpedoed this narrative, according to what the expert on Israeli affairs explained.

Source: Al Jazeera