THE HAGUE — A number
of countries announced, on Wednesday, that they had submitted a written
memorandum within the sessions of the International Court of Justice to provide
an advisory opinion on the legal consequences resulting from Israeli policies
and practices applied in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially East
Jerusalem, according to media sources.
اضافة اعلان
The submissions were in pursuant to the decision of the
United Nations General Assembly, adopted on December 30, 2022.
Sultanate of Oman
The Sultanate of Oman submitted its written statement
requesting the International Court of Justice to issue an advisory opinion on
the implications of Israel's continued violations of the right of the
Palestinian to self determination.
Oman affirmed its firm position in support of the right of
the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of an
independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on the lines
of June 4, 1967, in accordance with Security Council resolutions issued in this
regard, and what was stipulated in the Arab Peace Initiative and the principle
of land for peace and the two-state solution.
It indicated that it presented its position in accordance
with the rules and principles of international law, and in support of the
diplomatic and legal action led by the State of Palestine to preserve the
rights of the Palestinian people and protect them from crimes committed by the
Israeli occupation, stressing the importance of the international community to
assume its responsibility to stop illegal settlements and Israeli plans to
annex parts of the occupied Palestinian territories, and the necessity of
preserving the historical, legal and religious status of the occupied city of
Jerusalem, including supporting steps for the State of Palestine to obtain the
status of a full member state in the United Nations.
ChinaThe Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister delivered a written
statement to the International Court of Justice on Israeli violations,
immediately after Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki handed over the
file to the International Court of Justice.
Maliki, had delivered, on Monday, the written plea of the
State of Palestine to the International Court of Justice, at its headquarters
in The Hague, so that the court could issue its opinion and a legal advisory on
the nature of the Israeli colonial occupation of the occupied Palestinian
territory and the legal consequences arising from that and the duties of states
and the United Nations.
Chinese envoy to the Palestinian Authority renewed China's
firm stance on the just cause of the Palestinian people, adding that this falls
in China's recognition and support of the State of Palestine in international
forums, and that Israel must bear the consequences of its permanent violation
of the rights of the Palestinians and its non-compliance of international laws.
QatarQatar also announced that it had submitted a written
memorandum during the sessions of the International Court of Justice to provide
an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israeli policies and practices
applied in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially East Jerusalem.
In its memorandum,
Qatar condemned the ongoing and illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine,
calling on the court to conclude that Israel's obligations under international
law require it to immediately stop its illegal occupation, in addition to
providing full compensation for the damage and suffering caused by the
occupation.
The Embassy of Qatar in The Hague affirmed that the
memorandum warned that the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories
aims to completely and permanently deprive the Palestinian people of their
inherent right to self-determination, noting that "the occupation amounts
to being an illegal and racial apartheid regime, which cannot be denied."
The embassy stated that the memorandum drew the court's
attention to the victims of the ongoing Israeli occupation, namely the children
who were killed by tis occupation, the men and women whose dignity the
occupation crushed, and the refugees it expelled from their homes.
It also documents many examples of Israel’s human rights
violations, war crimes committed by it, and its crimes against humanity against
the Palestinian people.
The embassy also renewed the firm position of the State of
Qatar on the justice of the Palestinian cause.
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