The ICJ has directed Israel to take effective and immediate measures to ensure humanitarian assistance and basic services to Gaza. The order is a moral and legal indictment of Israel for bombing health facilities, designated safe areas, and densely populated areas. The order makes it difficult for Israel to choose a policy of deliberate non-compliance. The world should goad Israel into complying with the measures, while carrying out legitimate military operations. An unfortunate development, with a suspicious immediacy after the ICJ order, is the suspension of global aid to the UNRWA, based on an Israeli allegation that 12 staffers were involved in the October 7 attack.

Source: The Hindu January 28, 2024 20:27 UTC