Australia is being urged to reconsider its support for the Israeli government after the top United Nations court ordered the country to take all measures to prevent genocide in Gaza.
Without directly urging Israel to comply with the order, a spokesperson for foreign minister, Penny Wong, said on Saturday: “We note decisions of the ICJ are binding on the parties to a case.”
On Saturday, prime minister Anthony Albanese was asked about the Greens calls to formally intervene at the ICJ on behalf of South Africa’s case and commit to sanctions.
But the ruling, following South Africa’s application for special measures, provides a strong indication that the judges believe there is a credible risk to Palestinians under the 1948 genocide convention, enacted after the mass murder of Jews in the Nazi Holocaust.
Australian Centre for International Justice executive director, Rawan Arraf, told 2GB the federal government could reassess its ties to Israel in light of the ICJ ruling.“Australia also has legal obligations as a state party to the genocide convention and that means it really needs to review all of its economic, political and military ties with the state of Israel,” she said.The Australian Council For International Development urged the government to amplify calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the region.“In more than 100 days of war, the world has witnessed the death of over 25,000 Palestinians in Gaza and 65,000 injured, as well as 1.7 million internally displaced, and the collapse of healthcare, education and welfare systems,” chief executive Marc Purcell said.
Israeli officials have accused the international court of justice of antisemitic bias and expressed dismay that a South African case alleging that the war in Gaza amounts to genocide was not thrown out altogether.
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Australia is being urged to reconsider its support for the Israeli government after the top United Nations court ordered the country to take all measures to prevent genocide in Gaza.
Without directly urging Israel to comply with the order, a spokesperson for foreign minister, Penny Wong, said on Saturday: “We note decisions of the ICJ are binding on the parties to a case.”
On Saturday, prime minister Anthony Albanese was asked about the Greens calls to formally intervene at the ICJ on behalf of South Africa’s case and commit to sanctions.
But the ruling, following South Africa’s application for special measures, provides a strong indication that the judges believe there is a credible risk to Palestinians under the 1948 genocide convention, enacted after the mass murder of Jews in the Nazi Holocaust.
Australian Centre for International Justice executive director, Rawan Arraf, told 2GB the federal government could reassess its ties to Israel in light of the ICJ ruling.“Australia also has legal obligations as a state party to the genocide convention and that means it really needs to review all of its economic, political and military ties with the state of Israel,” she said.The Australian Council For International Development urged the government to amplify calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the region.“In more than 100 days of war, the world has witnessed the death of over 25,000 Palestinians in Gaza and 65,000 injured, as well as 1.7 million internally displaced, and the collapse of healthcare, education and welfare systems,” chief executive Marc Purcell said.
Israeli officials have accused the international court of justice of antisemitic bias and expressed dismay that a South African case alleging that the war in Gaza amounts to genocide was not thrown out altogether.
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