International law experts said on Tuesday that Israel would be subject to sanctions if it ignored the UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

According to their statements to the Hebrew newspaper "Haaretz", Israel's failure to comply with the resolution may encourage countries to impose sanctions on it.

In turn, Dr. Tamar Hostovsky Brands from the Academic College in Kiryat Ono (centre) said: “It was countries, not the Security Council, that imposed the sanctions on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, including severing economic relations, severing aviation relations, and isolating it from the banking system.” According to the newspaper.

She added, "These are dangerous measures that Israel will find very difficult to accept."

She pointed out that “the resolution taken in the Security Council, the orders issued against Israel by the Court of Justice in The Hague, and the advisory opinion that the Court will issue in The Hague regarding the legal consequences of Israeli actions in the Palestinian territories, all of these matters together create an image of a state that does not respect the law.” International".

As for Professor Eliav Lieblich from Tel Aviv University, he believes that if Israel does not comply with the Security Council resolution, its isolation in the world will increase, according to the same source.

He explained that "non-compliance will push other countries to consider imposing sanctions on Israel, for example: stopping the transfer of weapons to it."

But Dr. Roi Schendorff, former deputy judicial advisor to the occupation government for international affairs, believes that the whole matter on the international arena is a “political issue,” and according to him, “if countries want to, they can move against Israel, as they could have moved even before the decision.” 

Security Council resolution

On Monday evening, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during the month of Ramadan, after 14 countries voted in favor of the resolution presented by 10 elected members of the Council, while the United States abstained from voting.

He also called for the "immediate and unconditional release of all hostages," as well as guaranteed access to humanitarian aid, medical and other humanitarian needs.

This comes at a time when the Israeli army has been waging, since October 7, a devastating war on Gaza that has left tens of thousands dead and wounded, most of them children and women, according to Palestinian sources, which necessitated Tel Aviv’s trial before the International Court of Justice on the grounds of “genocide.”