...a regional Iranian catspaw,...to the ICJ, saying the international community should be responsible for ensuring that Israel complies with any judicial decision.
"South Africa is providing important leadership here. It’s really using this important opportunity," Tirana Hassan, executive director of Human Rights Watch, tells Rooters.
"If Israel does not comply with the measures or orders of the court, then it is up to the international community to ensure that they are leveraging whatever pressure that they can to encourage Israel to actually implement the measures," she says.
Human Rights Watch, which released its World Report today outlining abuses around the globe, accused Israel last night of using the starvation of civilians as a means of warfare in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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Strip, which constitutes a war crime. Israel has vigorously denied the charge, with truckloads of aid allowed into the Strip daily.
"In the throes of this war, what we have seen is consistent, flagrant violations of international humanitarian law," Hassan says. "We were able to document elements of this one crime — the crime of starvation."
She calls for "unfettered humanitarian access" to Gaza.
Israel says aid deliveries must be inspected for fear they will be used to smuggle arms or defensive aid to Hamas or other terror groups in the Strip.