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We are a UN (CEIRPP)-accredited non-profit advancing Palestinian rights globally through legal action, global engagement, and empowerment
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JUST RELEASED: L4P and partners submit legal analysis to the ICC establishing that the Israeli War Cabinet is committing the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza and should be investigated under the Rome Statute of the ICC. 🔗
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🔴We are proud that prominent legal scholar John Dugard, a member of the Board of Trustees of Law for Palestine, is on South Africa's legal team for the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. 🔗More about Dugard:
SA’s legal team for its case to the International Court of Justice against Israel: John Dugard SC, Max du Plessis SC, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC.Adila Hassim SC. Juniors: Sarah Pudifin-Jones, Lerato Zikalala, Tshidiso Ramogale. External: Vaughan Lowe KC.Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC
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🔴Law for Palestine Releases Database with 500+ Instances of Israeli Incitement to Genocide – Continuously Updated. 🖇️Read the full press release and have access to the collected data through the following link:
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🛑Breaking | There are reports indicating that the International Criminal Court is on the verge of issuing arrest warrants against Israeli officials, including Netanyahu! .Let's hope that this significant step proves true, marking the beginning of a long-awaited journey towards
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Confirmed: The International Court of Justice will deliver its ruling on the provisional measures requested by South Africa 🇿🇦 against Israel 🇮🇱 on Friday, 1:00 p.m. CET (2:00 pm Jerusalem, 7 a.m. eastern for US, etc).
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List of states so far expressing support for the South African case against Israel at the ICJ in The Hague, accusing the Israeli government of committing genocide crimes against Palestinians in Gaza:🧵.
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🚨PALESTINIANS TAKE GERMAN LEADERS TO COURT!🚨.Today, Palestinians filed a criminal complaint against German government officials for aiding and abetting genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. Charges were filed at the Office of the Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe by a
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The legal team representing Nicaragua in its @CIJ_ICJ case against Germany for 'facilitating Gaza genocide' is referencing the recent report of UN Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs. In the report, Albanese called for accountability for Israel and complicit states in actions that
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Breaking: #UNGA adopts a historic resolution referring the question of #Palestine & the legality/illegality of the #Israeli prolonged occupation to the Int'l Court of Justice @CIJ_ICJ.The court will also address the responsibility of third states to bring the occupation to an end
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Special Rapporteur (SR) @FranceskAlbs report to the UNGA highlights patterns of conduct that evidence an intent to employ genocidal acts as a means to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). 🧵
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🔴Breaking: The International Criminal Court has just issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. This means they are now subject to arrest in 124 member states of the Court, including several countries considered.
Situation in the State of Palestine:.#ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant. Learn more ⤵️
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Watch:In a powerful speech at UNGA @FranceskAlbs UN SR criticised the"prosperity approach" states take towards 🇵🇸/🇮🇱that ignores the Israeli colonial regime nature,urging the states to #AskIsraelWhy it is displacing 1200 Palestinians from #MasaferYatta just to have a firing zone!
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The ICJ implicitly called for a ceasefire . 🌐While the ICJ doesn’t directly call for a ceasefire, compliance with its orders signals an inevitable cessation of hostility. Third states must now enact these orders – arms & diplomatic embargoes, triggering national jurisdictions –.
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⚡️Today, coinciding with Israel's report submission to @CIJ_ICJ detailing compliance with the Court’s orders on Gaza, we released a special new database exposing Israeli incitement to genocide since the court's directive on January 26, 2024. The order instructed Israel to cease
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1/9 #Israel's official call to move over 1.1 million people from North #GazaStrip to the South raises concerns of a broader plan for Palestinian deportation to #Egypt. #ForcibleTransfer constitutes a #WarCrime.#IL rejects it in all its forms #L4Pthreads 🧵
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Here watch Palestine-UN Rep. response to the Israeli speech: How do we [UN states} accept that 🇮🇱 rep. insults the countries vote in favor of int'l law? How is there a problem in referring a request to @CIJ_ICJ & not in the crimes of Israel?.👉Full speech:
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We are live from the ICJ. Israel has begun its response to South Africa's Application, beginning by stating that this is a "distorted legal picture." 🧵. Watch along with us:
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🟥 Law for Palestine, supported by international coalition, submits Communication to the International Criminal Court establishing the perpetration of the Crime of Genocide by members of the Israeli War Cabinet. 📑 The 157-page document has been produced by a team of experts,
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Breaking: The first report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine @FranceskAlbs is just out!The exceptional report addresses the right of Pal. people to self-determination in the context of #settler #colonial features of the prolonged Israeli occupation.
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🔴NEW | The #Gaza #Genocide Case: A Comprehensive Overview of #South_Africa’s Legal Battle with #Israel at the International Court of Justice - Highlights and FAQs. 🔗Read it here: 🔗For PDF:
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These reprehensible incitements have been categorized into significant thematic areas, including genocidal intent, forced displacement, and collective punishment.
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🧵 Thread on the landmark 2024 ICJ Advisory Opinion regarding Israel's presence in the occupied Palestinian Territory and its legal implications for third states and the EU. This is based on a new expert legal opinion by Professor Ralph Wilde for Al Haq Europe (link at end). A.
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🚨 Don't miss out! Join our webinar, "Prioritizing Gaza Crimes at the ICC, and Anticipated Arrest Warrants," as we delve into the pivotal role of the court amidst external pressures, advocate for prioritized investigations into Gaza's crimes, shed light on Gaza victim
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We are live from The ICJ. The Court is now outlining the backgrounds of the two judges nominated by each state involved. Judge Moseneke of South Africa is declaring to exercise his powers honourably, faithfully, impartially & conscientiously. Judge Barak of Israel will follow.
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Caution: States supporting Israel, potentially aiding in genocide may face scrutiny at the International Court of Justice. Legally, their complicity in the Gaza genocide may be established. Refer to the previously published thread below for more details👇.
16/22 Under international law, complicity in genocide is a standalone crime, est. through three requirements. 1) the crime has been committed; 2) the complicit party materially contributed to its commission; 3) the complicit party intended or was reckless as to its commission.
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🚨 Just Released II Law for Palestine is pleased to announce the launch of a comprehensive ICJ Advisory Opinion Database on the legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. 🔍 Explore critical themes:
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🔗 For a deeper dive into Professor Ralph Wilde’s expert legal opinion, read the full document here: #InternationalJustice #PalestinianRights #ICJOpinion.
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A major significant development! 👇.Drawing from precedent cases, the court may swiftly issue an order—potentially including a ceasefire or a weapons supply ban—within a short period, possibly a month.
PRESS RELEASE: #SouthAfrica institutes proceedings against #Israel and asks the #ICJ to indicate provisional measures .
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🧵 The Court had begun reading its Advisory Opinion, beginning with its conclusion that the request to provide an Advisory Opinion has been made in accordance with the court’s charter. Thus, the Court has jurisdiction to provide an Advisory Opinion.
WATCH LIVE: the #ICJ delivers its Advisory Opinion in respect of the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
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🛑 Authors @PeruginiNic and @nevegordon have recently published an article titled “Medical Lawfare: The Nakba and Israel’s Attacks on Palestinian Healthcare” in @PalStudies . The article exposes Israel’s systematic attacks on healthcare facilities in Gaza during military assaults
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‼️🔴These days, we are witnessing an escalating and dangerous war against the @IntlCrimCourt (ICC) and HR organizations working with it to prosecute Israeli officials for #international_crimes. If the states parties to the #ICC fail to take a firm stand in support of the court,
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🔴 NEW | Law for Palestine reveals the latest database revision on Israeli incitement to genocide, now featuring collected instances from journalists, influencers, and public expressions. 🖇 Check out the updated database through the following link:
🔴Law for Palestine Releases Database with 500+ Instances of Israeli Incitement to Genocide – Continuously Updated. 🖇️Read the full press release and have access to the collected data through the following link:
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We Are Taking #Action Against Corporate Complicity in Land Grabbing in #Palestine!.Palestinian communities, represented by @JLAC1974 and German lawyers, are filing a groundbreaking legal case against media giant Axel Springer, with the support of @Law4Palestine , @elsclegal ,
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📢 Join us this Tuesday for a dynamic panel discussion exploring third states' responsibilities in ending the Israeli occupation through an economic-legal lens. Topics include:.🔸State responsibility under international law, investment law, and trade law.🔸Corporate
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🔍 Law for Palestine, in collaboration with @jadaliyya , recently hosted a panel with experts @ArdiImseis , @MichaelLynk5 , and @shahdhm , moderated by @anishapatels , to discuss the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on the illegality of the Israeli occupation and explore potential next
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🚨Breaking: Immediate Legal Action Taken Against German Arms Exports to Israel!.Today, Berlin-based lawyers, supported by @elsclegal, @Law4Palestine and @rabetbypipd within @Acc4Palestine are filing an urgent application on behalf of Palestinians in Gaza, aiming to halt the
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🔴The @ECCHRBerlin now joins the growing ranks of credible institutions concluding that Israel’s actions in #Gaza amount to #genocide, following the findings of UNSR @FranceskAlbs, UN Special Committee, @amnesty, Palestinian NGOs, @Law4Palestine, and the warnings issued by over.
Based on independent research and analysis, ECCHR has come to the conclusion that there is a legally sound argument that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza. This Q&A sets out our legal assessment on the matter:
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🔴 Tomorrow, March 20th, Law for Palestine, along with an international coalition, will jointly submit a comprehensive legal analysis on Gaza genocide to the International Criminal Court!. Join us at this pivotal moment for an important press conference at:.📅 March 20th, 2024.🕚
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- The world court orders Israel to halt its military operation in #Rafah immediately. - Israel's Social Equality & Women's Advancement Minister: 👇
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🚨LEGAL ACTION AGAINST GERMAN ARMS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL🚨. Berlin-based lawyers have filed a landmark legal challenge against German arms exports to Israel. Find here the press release:.
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🚨 Join us this Friday for a hybrid event with esteemed scholars and legal experts titled “Palestine, Israel and International Law: The Long View, and Since October 2023,” hosted at NYU and available online via Zoom. 🔗 More details and registration:
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Just a few minutes ago: Intense Israeli airstrikes targeted a central “water tank” in a residential zone in northern Gaza, a blatant breach of Article 8/2/b of the #RomeStatute – constituting a war crime. #GazaUnderAttack #WarCrimes
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📌Join us for a live-streamed side event at the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council! We'll discuss the UN CoI's recent report, the role of international institutions, third states & global civil society in addressing the #Gaza_genocide & enforcing int'l law. ▶️ More info:
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Summary of the UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on the Palestinian Right to Self-Determination:.
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Deeply concerned about the unjustifiable attack on our event in the Canadian Parliament, focused on Canada's responsibility towards Palestine under int'l law. Rejection of open legal debate, false accusations, and smear campaigns raise concerns for free & democratic societies 1/2.
Sickening to see Canada’s Parliament used, yet again, as a platform for those who peddle antisemitic & anti-Israel rhetoric. Once again, the MPs involved have shown that at time of rising Jew-hatred, they are much more part of the problem than the solution.
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📢Just Released: A compelling letter from 29 intl. scholars voices strong disappointment with @ejiltalk for platforming a conference on laws of armed conflict by Israeli military, an occupying power engaged in colonization &violations of jus cogens norms.🔗
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Determining genocidal intent requires assessing whether all the evidence together forms a pattern of conduct indicative of genocidal intent. According to the SR, the cumulative evidence—including killings, forced displacement, torture, and destruction of livelihoods—forms a clear.
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The SR reiterates that genocide is not limited to mass killings; it includes actions targeting a group’s history, traditions, and relationship with the land. 🚫 Violent destruction of any of these components has a profound impact on the group and its ability to survive.
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Genocidal conduct in Gaza has set an ominous precedent for the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, where violence has escalated. The SR concludes that there is a serious risk that the genocide will expand to all Palestinians under Israeli rule.
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Israel’s conduct must be considered in its wider context, as the cumulation of individual actions targeting the Palestinian people across the entire territory where they reside. The SR calls this a ‘totality triple lens’: the totality of 1️⃣ the land, 2️⃣ the group; 3️⃣ the conduct.
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Today, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza. A cessation of hostilities is necessary for Israel to comply with the legally binding provisional measures of the ICJ, Legal researcher at Law for Palestine
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Commenting on the Israeli occupation's bombing of Al-Israa University in the Gaza Strip, the UNSR on the right to housing has advocated for the recognition of a new international crime: "educaricide or the killing of learning.".
In Gaza, a new international crime - educaricide or the killing of learning - needs to be added to be list of crimes under international law when schools and universities are systematically destroyed, resulting in generational damage to societies.
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🔴“القانون من أجل فلسطين” تصدر قاعدة بيانات تضم أكثر من 500 حالة للتحريض الإسرائيلي على الإبادة الجماعية – يتم تحديثها باستمرار. 🖇️لقراءة البيان الصحفي كاملاً والوصول الى الأدلة التي تم جمعها، من خلال الرابط التالي:
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At a minimum, the ICJ’s orders on 26 January 2024 should have made Israel aware of a “serious risk of genocide”, triggering its duty to act. However, no one has been investigated or prosecuted, let alone punished. ⚖️ According to the ICJ, knowing the risk of genocide but failing.
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🔴Breaking: The UN General Assembly has just passed a landmark resolution demanding an end to the Israeli occupation within 12 months. This follows the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion from two months ago, declaring the occupation unlawful.
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📌The SR urges the ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC to investigate the commission of the crimes of genocide and apartheid by Israel and urges the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the oPt, including East Jerusalem, and Israel to investigate the broader context of.
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Since Oct 7th, L4P has compiled evidence exposing incitement to violence and genocidal intent by Israeli officials & public figures against Palestinians. Our documentation includes 500+ instances found in social media, TV interviews & official statements.
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"Yet I remember that everything that I am feeling now, which every Israeli must be sharing, has been the life experience of millions of Palestinians for far too long. The only solution, as it has always been, is to bring an end of apartheid, occupation. ".
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Law for Palestine has joined @hrw and 100+ human rights organisations, including Amnesty International, to urge the United Nations not to endorse or adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism, and to respect human rights in its efforts to combat antisemitism. 🧵
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2️⃣ Since Oct 7, amid mass killings, the oPt is being intentionally rendered unliveable. From Gaza to the WB, calculated destruction reveals a deliberate campaign of connected incidents, which must be considered cumulatively. The SR observes that the movement of displaced.
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1️⃣ Palestinians’ legally recognized right to self-determination being tied to that land, together with their large presence, have represented both legal and demographic impediments to the realization of “Greater Israel”. While Israeli settlements have grown steadily, Palestinians.
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🔎The SR finds that the Israeli State is predicated on the goal of Palestinian erasure. State structures have historically architected the oppression of Palestinians; now its institutions are advancing the course of the current catastrophe.
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🔴Accountability Now: Palestinians Sue German Government officials for Enabling the Genocide in Gaza. 🎥Press Conference and Live Stream: Watch the live stream-.
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3️⃣ In the face of such destruction, the stated goals of Israel, accepted by some States, remain “to eradicate Hamas” and “bring the hostages home”. Neither of these goals/motives preclude a finding of genocidal intent as the only reasonable inference to be drawn. Instead, both.
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+ To access the entire comprehensive database compiled by Law for Palestine, covering both recent and older entries, click:
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Join our very special upcoming panel discussion titled “On the Table of the ICJ: The Legality/Illegality of Israeli Occupation and the Subsequent International Responsibility”. This Friday 27th Jan. 16:00GMT. Registration link: @ralphwilde @giulia_pinzauti
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The SR finds that, whilst ignoring the ICJ’s order to end the unlawful occupation, Israel portrays the entire Palestinian population as engaged in resistance and therefore eliminable.❌.By continuing to suppress the right to self-determination, Israel justifies the destruction of.
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Since the 20th century, Zionist ideology has imposed a racist, apartheid regime on the Palestinian people. Modern Israeli leaders adhering to Zionism have made their intent to ethnically cleanse Palestine and justify the colonisation of Palestine very clear.
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1/22 States such as the US and UK are complicit in #Israel’s ongoing #genocide against Palestinians, with potential criminal responsibility under international law. This thread delves into the legal aspects of their complicity and the obligations to prevent genocide. #L4PThreads.
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⚖️The SR reminds all States of their legal obligation to act on their due diligence duties given the clearly serious risk of continuous breach of the Genocide Convention and Geneva Conventions. SR urges States to use political leverage and legal tools to pressure Israel,.
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1/14 Growing incitement of genocidal intent among Israeli leaders towards Palestinians is alarming & paves a grave path. Their actions are proving to uphold their horrific genocidal rhetoric. This thread details signs of #Israel's genocidal intent. #L4PThreads🧵.
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This ongoing genocide is doubtlessly the consequence of the exceptional status and protracted impunity afforded to Israel. ‼️Israel has systematically and flagrantly violated international law, including Security Council resolutions and ICJ orders.
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20.Namibia:
@Alonso_GD Namibia: "By intent and by number, the actions carried out by Israel are tantamount to genocide. "For this reason, we welcome the . action of South Africa at the [ICJ]. "Namibia both identifies and aligns with the arguments put forward by the government of South Africa."
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We urge all governments to comply with the ICJ ruling and take all measures to prevent and stop the genocide in Gaza. Germany must stop its exports to Israel! #ceasefirenow #AccountabilityNow #StopWarCrimes #JusticeForPalestine
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9. Bolivia:
Comunicado en respaldo a la solicitud presentada por Sudáfrica ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ). #DiplomaciaDeLosPueblos. 🔗 Léelo aquí:
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3. League of Arab States:
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14.Iraq:
وزارة الخارجية تعرب عن دعمها ومساندتها لقرار جمهورية جنوب أفريقيا برفع دعوى قضائية ضد الكيان الإسرائيلي أمام محكمة العدل الدولية.
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4. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation:
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19.Malaysia:
PRESS RELEASE : MALAYSIA WELCOMES THE APPLICATION BY SOUTH AFRICA BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE AGAINST ISRAEL ON ALLEGED GENOCIDE VIOLATIONS IN THE GAZA STRIP
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8. Indonesia:
Indonesia mendukung sepenuhnya gugatan yang diajukan Afrika Selatan di @CIJ_ICJ terhadap Israel atas kejahatan genosida (11/1), serta permintaan diambilnya langkah sementara untuk Israel segera menghentikan operasi militernya di Gaza.
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To learn about what this res. means & its implications, you may read the article of @IhsanAdel1 & @Hassan_Imran, published last week Here also another article by @ralphwilde on what ICJ will have to determine in its advisory opinion.
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Palestinians throughout Historic Palestine & around the world (oPt, Palestinian citizens of Israel & the wider Palestinian diaspora) are a protected ethnic and national group under the Rome Statute. Palestinians in Gaza are being targeted with the intent to destroy the group.
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6. Lebanon:
تؤيد وزارة الخارجية والمغتربين الجهود المبذولة من جنوب إفريقيا وحكومتها لموقفها برفع دعوى ضدّ إسرائيل أمام محكمة العدل الدولية في لاهاي بتهمة ارتكاب جرائم إبادة جماعية مما يشكل خرقاً فاضحاً لاتفاقية منع جريمة الإبادة الجماعية والمعاقبة عليها لعام 1948.
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