Det är intressant att FN har en egen domstol som ger rådgivande beslut också i fall där FN organ är inblandad part. I detta fall UNRWA. Också i detta fall måste man konstatera att FN håller sin Israelfientliga linje.
Det är nästan otroligt att det faktiskt finns en domare i ICJ, Julia Sebutinde, som vägrar sjunga med i den anti-israeliska kören.
Dissenting ICJ judge says court failed to sufficiently consider Israel’s arguments
Vice President of the International Court of Justice Julia Sebutinde dissents from the court’s advisory opinion that Israel is obligated to cooperate with the controversial UNRWA agency, saying the court did not “sufficiently consider” Israel’s arguments that Hamas operatives have infiltrated UNRWA.
Sebutinde, who has frequently issued opinions and rulings in favor of Israel, also argues that “Israel retains discretion under international humanitarian law to determine how aid is delivered” in Gaza, and asserts that Israel is “not legally required to channel such assistance specifically or solely through UNRWA.”
The judge also writes that there is “no obligation to assist UN agencies acting contrary to the Charter’s principles,” as Israel has alleged UNRWA is doing, due to what it says is the widespread use Hamas has made of UNRWA facilities in Gaza, the participation of several UNRWA employees in the October 7, 2023 massacres, and Israel’s allegation that over 1,400 of UNRWA’s approximately 13,000 Gaza employees are members of Hamas and other terrorist groups.
“There is no legal requirement for Israel to permit specific third States or international organizations to conduct humanitarian activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, if doing so would compromise its security,” Sebutinde writes.
World Court: Israel must facilitate UN aid schemes in Gaza, including UNRWA’s
The International Court of Justice in an advisory opinion asserts that Israel is legally obligated to allow the highly controversial UNRWA agency to provide humanitarian aid and services in Gaza. The ruling, which is non-binding, comes in response to Israeli legislation last year severely restricting the organization’s operations, and request from UN member states to the ICJ for an advisory opinion on the new law.
ICJ dismisses Israel’s argument that UNRWA organization is not impartial or neutral
Israel argued in its submission to the court that UNRWA has been subject to “widespread infiltration by terrorist organizations,” and stated that “Hamas command-and-control centers, hideouts, and weapon storage facilities” were found within or in the immediate surrounding of at least 32 UNRWA facilities, including schools, warehouses, compounds, and apartments in Gaza during the course of the current war.
It also noted that several UNRWA employees took part in the October 7, 2023, massacres by Hamas and other terrorist groups; that senior Hamas military personnel were UNRWA members, and that over 1,400 of UNRWA’s approximately 13,000 Gaza employees were members of Hamas or other terrorist groups.
Israel therefore argued that UNRWA was neither impartial or neutral, and actually violated articles 1 and 2 of the UN Charter, meaning that Israel was not obligated to allow its operations.
Foreign Ministry ‘categorically rejects’ ICJ position in Gaza aid
Israel says it “categorically rejects” the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion that it is obligated to cooperate with the controversial UNRWA aid agency, saying the court ignored the “extensive evidence” Israel provided regarding what it says is UNRWA’s “infiltration” by Hamas and the organization’s complicity in terrorist activities, including the October 7 massacres.
“This is yet another political attempt to impose political measures against Israel under the guise of “international law,” the Foreign Ministry says in response to the ruling.
Israel’s UN ambassador: World Court’s advisory opinion on UNRWA is ‘shameful’
“They are blaming Israel for not cooperating with UN organs… They should be blaming themselves. Those organs became breeding grounds for terrorists. Take for example UNRWA… an organization that supported Hamas for years,” Danon says.
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