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Israel is starving, killing and displacing Palestinians while also targeting and blocking humanitarian organizations trying to save their lives,
he said
As an occupying power, the State of Israel must provide services or facilitate their delivery — including through UNRWA — to the population it is occupying,
the agency’s commissioner general, Philippe Lazzarini, said in a statement Monday as the proceedings were underway
Gaza came up and I said, ‘We’ve got to be good to Gaza. … Those people are suffering,
Trump said, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force OneIsrael has the obligation to render assistance to such activities of the United Nations,
she saidNo humanitarian aid or commercial goods have been allowed into Gaza since 2nd of March, which has devastating humanitarian consequences in the Gaza Strip,
Elinor Hammarskjöld, the U.N.’s top lawyer, told the court on the first day of five days of hearings
No other country — neither a democracy nor any other regime — has been brought before the ICJ as often as Israel. No other nation is subjected to such systematic double standards,
the Israeli foreign minister said
It is not Israel that should be on trial. It is the UN and Unrwa,
he told reporters in Jerusalem
In the specific context of the current situation in the occupied Palestinian Territories, these obligations entail allowing all relevant UN entities to carry out activities for the benefit of the local population,
Elinor Hammarskjöld said
UNRWA is committed to stay & deliver education and other basic services to Palestine Refugees in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in accordance with the General Assembly resolution mandated to the Agency,
he said on social mediaThese are the facts. Starvation is here. Humanitarian aid is being used as a weapon of war,
Hijazi said
Nine of every 10 Palestinians have no access to safe drinking water. Storage facilities of the UN and other international agencies are empty,
added Hijazi
I accuse UNRWA, I accuse the UN, I accuse the secretary-general and I accuse all those that weaponised international law and its institutions in order to deprive the most attacked country in the world, Israel, of its most basic right to defend itself."
While Israel was not in court, foreign minister Gideon Saar told a news conference in Jerusalem
This case is part of a systematic persecution and delegitimisation of Israel."
Speaking in Jerusalem, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar alleged
The parties to the conflict have shown little commitment to comply with international law,
said Haris Huremagic, a PhD candidate at the Geneva Graduate InstituteThe request for an advisory opinion reflects broad frustration with the lack of meaningful dialogue to address the dire situation in Gaza,
Huremagic wrote on the Voelkerrechtsblog on international law