Ashraf AboArafe
The Arab Republic of Egypt welcomes the decision of the International Court of Justice to have primary jurisdiction over Israel’s commission of the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip, and demands the implementation of a number of immediate temporary measures aimed at providing protection for the Palestinians, the most important of which is that Israel stop committing crimes of killing Palestinians and inflicting physical or moral harm on them, or Subjecting them to living conditions aimed at their physical destruction, in addition to the court demanding that Israel ensure the immediate provision of urgent humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip.
The Arab Republic of Egypt confirms that it was looking forward to the International Court of Justice requesting an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as the Court ruled in similar cases, as the main guarantee for the implementation of the necessary and emergency measures it approved to protect Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. It stresses the need to respect and implement the decisions of the International Court of Justice as the main judicial body of the United Nations.
The Arab Republic of Egypt also calls on Israel to immediately implement all the measures contained in the decision of the International Court of Justice, which represents the beginning of the path to enforcing the rules of international law and international humanitarian law regarding providing protection to the Palestinian people, and putting an end to the attacks and violations practiced against them, which claimed the lives of more than 26,000 people. of innocent civilians, two-thirds of whom are women and children, reiterating its call to the Security Council and influential international parties to bear responsibility for explicitly demanding a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire.
Egypt emphasizes the continuation of movements and communications in cooperation with United Nations agencies and international and regional parties, in order to end the crisis, prevent any measures targeting the forced displacement of Palestinians, and ensure the entry of urgent humanitarian and relief aid into the Strip in a manner sufficient to meet the needs of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
