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Canada: “Canadian deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland, reacting to the International Court of Justice’s order to Israel to halt an assault on Rafah, on Friday said she expected all parties to follow international law.”
Belgium: “The ICJ orders Israel to stop its military offensive in Rafah. Belgium calls for immediate implementation of the decision. The violence and human suffering in Gaza must stop. We call for a ceasefire, the release of the hostages and negotiations for two states.”
Might have to move the ICC and ICJ south a hundred miles, into Belgium, for not compromising one bit and that last sentence sums it up.
Spot on comment from EU foreign policy chief:
The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday that the EU has to choose between respecting the EU’s support for international institutions or its support for Israel, reports Reuters. “What is going to be the answer to the ruling of the International Court of Justice that has been issued today, what is going to be our position. We will have to choose between our support to international institutions of the rule of law or our support to Israel,” he said.
(in contrast to how Ursula speaks…)
The US judge at the International Court of Justice, who President Joe Biden previously nominated to be a legal advisor to the State Department, voted in favor of Friday’s order for Israel to halt its offensive on Gaza’s Rafah.
Sarah Cleveland was nominated in 2021, but she was never confirmed. When elected as an ICJ judge last November, Secretary of State Antony Blinken praised the court as a “guardian of international law.” And when announcing her candidacy, Biden had said the ICJ was one of humanity’s “most critical institutions to advance peace around the world.”
I fully understand Biden needs to consider upcoming elections and navigate a complex geo-political situation but I think anything short of full support to the ICJ, on top of the comments regarding ICC, isn’t a vote-winning strategy.
Belgium: “The ICJ orders Israel to stop its military offensive in Rafah. Belgium calls for immediate implementation of the decision. The violence and human suffering in Gaza must stop. We call for a ceasefire, the release of the hostages and negotiations for two states.”
Might have to move the ICC and ICJ south a hundred miles, into Belgium, for not compromising one bit and that last sentence sums it up.
Spot on comment from EU foreign policy chief:
The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday that the EU has to choose between respecting the EU’s support for international institutions or its support for Israel, reports Reuters. “What is going to be the answer to the ruling of the International Court of Justice that has been issued today, what is going to be our position. We will have to choose between our support to international institutions of the rule of law or our support to Israel,” he said.
(in contrast to how Ursula speaks…)
The US judge at the International Court of Justice, who President Joe Biden previously nominated to be a legal advisor to the State Department, voted in favor of Friday’s order for Israel to halt its offensive on Gaza’s Rafah.
Sarah Cleveland was nominated in 2021, but she was never confirmed. When elected as an ICJ judge last November, Secretary of State Antony Blinken praised the court as a “guardian of international law.” And when announcing her candidacy, Biden had said the ICJ was one of humanity’s “most critical institutions to advance peace around the world.”
I fully understand Biden needs to consider upcoming elections and navigate a complex geo-political situation but I think anything short of full support to the ICJ, on top of the comments regarding ICC, isn’t a vote-winning strategy.
