Justice will take its course, however!!!

Yesterday afternoon, Friday, the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued its decisions and opinions regarding a lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel for committing a genocidal war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The court acknowledged that it has the authority to rule on emergency measures requested by South Africa in the complaint submitted against Israel’s crimes. Noting that it will not reject the lawsuit as Israel requested, the court may take a historic decision condemning Israel for committing genocidal massacres, but that will take a long time that may extend to months or years.
Yesterday, the court issued a preliminary ruling and emergency measures against Israel, accusing it of violating the United Nations Convention on Genocide. The court decided:
- Take all measures to prevent any acts that could be considered genocide
-Ensuring that the Israeli army does not carry out any acts of genocide
-Prevent and punish any public statements or comments that could incite the commission of genocide in Gaza
- Take all measures to ensure the arrival of humanitarian aid
- Not getting rid of any evidence that could be used in the case against Israel.
- Submit a report to the court within a month on the extent of its implementation of these measures and provisions.
These decisions, as described by Sami Abu Zuhri, head of the Hamas political department, in press statements to Reuters, “express an important development that contributes to isolating Israel and exposing its crimes in Gaza, with a call to oblige it to implement court decisions.” Or what Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said that Palestine welcomes the temporary measures. Which the court ordered, and that the court’s judges evaluated the facts and ruled in favor of humanity and international law, and that no state is above the law.
Among the measures requested by South Africa is an immediate halt to the Israeli military operation and its aggression, which destroyed large areas of the Gaza Strip, causing the death of more than 26,000 citizens, wounding nearly 70,000, and displacing hundreds of thousands from their homes amidst stories of suffering, starvation, and everything related to the humanitarian catastrophe that the Gaza Strip is experiencing.
It is true that the court recognized the right of the Palestinian people to international protection, that the Palestinians constitute a national ethnic group protected under the Convention on the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide, and that more than 93% of the population of the Gaza Strip are unable to access food, expressing its concern about the fall of more victims in Gaza, criticizing the Israeli statements like the Israeli Army Minister and the Israeli President called for cutting off water and electricity, denying medicine and food to the citizens of Gaza, and considering them as “human animals,” and a number of other sharp criticisms of the Israeli violations. 

However, the court’s failure to indicate the necessity of allowing the citizens of Gaza to return to their homes, in addition to not demanding that Israel stop its immediate aggression, detracts from it the value of practical and actual decisions that will expose Gaza to more obstacles and suffering and will keep it under bombardment and destruction. This is what was indicated by the Israeli Prime Minister, who defied the court’s decision, saying: Israel will continue the war until the end.
Despite all of the above, it can be said that the resolutions expressed a clear condemnation of Israel and that it will not be able to escape the culture of crime on which it is based, and that justice will apply to everyone, noting that the decisive vote of 15 votes to two and 16 votes to one indicates an international consensus on Israel’s intentions towards genocide.
All greetings and appreciation to South Africa, the country to which we raise our hats in respect and gratitude for its courageous and bold step. Ultimately, we declare that our people are fighting for their human and legitimate rights, and the occupation must recognize these rights, no matter how extreme its aggression and crimes against a living people who will not die.