A total of 11 countries, including Egypt, are participating today in presenting their cases at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding Israeli actions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The global community’s attention is focused on the International Court of Justice this Wednesday, as Egypt delivers its oral arguments against what it describes as aggressive Israeli practices toward the Palestinian people.
These practices allegedly include acts of genocide, settlement expansions, and an increase in arrests and killings that have reportedly escalated significantly since October 7th.
South Africa, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, and Bangladesh also made presentations at the ICJ.
The public hearings started Monday in The Hague following the UN General Assembly’s request for an advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.
South Africa brought a genocide case against Israel to the ICJ in late December and asked it for emergency measures to end the bloodshed in Gaza, where more than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 7.
The ICJ announced that it will look for the legality of Israel’s 57-year-long occupation of territories sought by Palestinians for statehood, thrusting the 15 international judges back into the heart of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Scheduled to last six days, the hearings at the ICJ will witness participation from an unprecedented number of countries, amidst Israel’s ongoing devastating assault on the Gaza Strip.
