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International Court of Justice Issues Directive to Israel
Over the past two weeks, Israel has pounded Rafah and reduced entire neighborhoods to ruins and forcefully pushed out hundreds of thousands of people, most who have been relocating to areas that are more lacking in food, water and medical supplies than even Rafah has been. Additionally, IDF has fanned out in other areas as well, and They can hardly be certain of their safety.
Meanwhile today the International Court of Justice added yet another blow to the world view of what is happening in Gaza. On a 13 to 2 was not convinced that Israel had taken sufficient measures to protect civilian life and that it must take necessary measures to enable any UN-backed commission of inquiry to enter Gaza and probe genocide allegations. (Source)
Alonso Gurmendi, an international law scholar at King’s College, London, said, “It is a pretty substantial order … it [reflects] a loss of patience [with Israel] in my opinion.”
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Israel was told to open the Rafah crossing with Egypt for unhindered provision of aid. The distribution of such aid has been stalled. The U.S. pier that was built to bring in supplies by sea has began receiving supplies but distribution has been hampered by the inability of aid workers to maintain any assurances…
