While significant, the order is meaningless without enforcement. And that won't come unless people take to the streets to push for an end to Palestinian suffering.
While significant, the order is meaningless without enforcement. And that won't come unless people take to the streets to push for an end to Palestinian suffering.Demonstrators carry Palestinian flags and signs during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza and to condemn the Israeli air strikes in Rafah, in Tunis, Tunisia May 27, 2024. / Photo: Reuters
Perhaps, this brief"I will take it" is how Palestinians, especially the ones facing genocide in Gaza, feel about the performance of international institutions supposedly established to protect them as any other civilians. Little confidence, but that is all that is there for them.on Friday to immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah. This ruling came after three previous attempts by South Africa to move the court to order Israel to end its military activities in Gaza.
The commas in the quoted text seem to be placed in such a way to lead to this conclusion. To make it more digestible, the text without what is between the commas reads as: Israel shall"immediately halt its military offensive… which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part." This suggests that Rafah was emphasised due to its more urgent situation.
Furthermore, the court in its March order clearly stated that Palestinians in Gaza are no longer at a risk of famine, but rather that"famine is setting in," which can be considered a merits-related conclusion.The court can and should clearly call for a complete and immediate end to the Israeli military offensive in Gaza. It is the only way to protect civilians from a genocide.
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