Part of the hearing held today by the International Court of Justice (Anatolia)
The Egyptian representative before the International Court of Justice denounced what she called Israel's continuing brutality in the Gaza Strip, and the UAE representative also considered that Israel's violations in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem impede the two-state solution.
This came in a speech during a hearing held by the International Court of Justice in The Hague, based on a request from the United Nations General Assembly to provide advisory opinions regarding the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Egyptian representative Yasmine Moussa said that Israel "deliberately makes life in Gaza impossible through siege and starvation," adding that "Israel's brutality continues in the Gaza Strip."
Musa stressed that Palestine was subjected to "the longest occupation in modern history," stressing that "the policy of systematic settlement of the occupied territories aims to change their demographic composition and strengthen the Jews in them to later annex them de facto."
For her part, the UAE representative to the International Court of Justice, Lana Nusseibeh, said that Israel's violations in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem impede the two-state solution.
In turn, the United States representative to the International Court of Justice, Richard Visek, said that there is great international support for a solution that leads to the establishment of a Palestinian state, but the choices are difficult in order to achieve actual security and peace.
He pointed out that the court should not accept the proposal of some to consider the actions of only one party.
Commenting on this, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said that the American delegation did not bring anything new during its pleading before the court, and stressed that this pleading reflected the American delegation’s concern about the expected decision.
Al-Maliki confirmed, in a statement after the court session, that the American plea was more political than legal.
Source: Agencies