NEW
YORK – Ambassador Omar Awadallah, Assistant to the Palestinian Foreign Minister
for the UN and its specialized organizations stated on Sunday that the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) case that South Africa brought against the
Israeli occupation is still in the procedural stage, which involves
deliberations between judges to decide on the precautionary and temporary
measures requested by South Africa.
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Awadallah
stressed that there is no time limit for the issuance of a decision by the ICJ
regarding the procedures and precautionary measures to complete the procedures,
explaining that these deliberations take time, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
However,
he emphasized the need for the court to take into account the gravity and worsening of the situation in
the Gaza Strip, as well as the
Israeli Occupation Forces’ (IOF) continuous violations during the previous 107 days.
“The
procedures are still within a reasonable time frame, but due to the importance
of the matter and the crimes committed by Israel in the
Gaza Strip and the need
to quickly stop the ceasefire and aggression, we hope that the judges will
conclude their deliberations, move towards the practice adopted in previous
decisions and cases, and issue a ruling accepting the precautionary measures
requested by
South Africa as soon as possible,” he stated.
Based
on a lawsuit South Africa filed and, in a historic precedent, supported by
dozens of nations, the ICJ began its first session on January 21 to try
Israel on charges of committing genocide in Gaza.
Awadallah
pointed out that supporters of the case brought by South Africa are optimistic
about the court issuing a decision to accept the lawsuit and adopt
precautionary measures, if compared to previous cases in which the court was
involved.
Given
the legal significance of the arguments presented by South Africa and their
inclusion of compelling evidence of Israel’s commission of genocide, Awadallah
emphasized that the countries that supported this bold and unprecedented move
will play a major role in the court’s ability to obtain evidence that
Israel is committing genocide and will call for a series of steps to punish its
perpetrators. The importance of written and oral pleadings by friendly
countries regarding the commission of these crimes, which would greatly support
the case, is highlighted in the stage following the precautionary measures.
Awadallah also stated that countries that have declared
their support for Israel and participated in its deliberations in this case, as
well as those that use the veto in the Security Council, will be considered
complicit in the genocide alongside Israel, which is punishable under the fifth
paragraph of Article III of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
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