United Nations Corrupt Justice/Criminal Arms

"The State of Israel is committed to continue fighting to return its hostages and promise the security of its citizens -- wherever and whenever necessary -- including in Rafah."

"We will continue operating in accordance with international law wherever we might operate, while safe-guarding to the best extent possible the civilian population."

"Not because of the ICJ, but because of who we are and the values we stand for."

Benny Gantz, Israeli war cabinet member 

Troops of the Nahal Brigade operate in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in a handout image published May 22, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

 

There is no arm of the United Nations which has not been permeated with a solid antipathy toward the State of Israel. The entire mission of the United Nations; equality, peace and security for all,  has been perverted for decades with the steady infiltration of cadres of UN authorities and employees of the institution that harbour an ingrained message of antisemitic rejection, one that singles Israel out in every conceivable way to use it as the proverbial whipping-boy for all that may be wrong anywhere in the world; yet seldom in Israel.

In the direct wake of the International Criminal Court condemning Israel for its incursion into Gaza for the express purpose of routing and defeating its terrorist government in direct response to the Hamas terrorist attack in southern Israel that left 1,200 Israelis, mostly citizens dead, the Palestinian terrorists having taken body cam videos of devastatingly savage and psychologically sadistic rapes and accompanying mutilations, where infants, children, the elderly and infirm were all slaughtered, a second censure from the International Court of Justice followed.

 

There is no nation on Earth, self-respecting and committed to the defence of its population, that would not respond to the brutality, the depths of depravity committed and the horrors of invaders murdering their people as Israel has done. The terrorist group Hamas has refused to surrender any of the 135 hostages of the original 250 it had captured and brought back to Gaza. Maintaining them in the countless tunnels that honeycomb the Gaza Strip, they are abused and used as human shields knowing how Israel values the lives of all its citizens.

 

Israel's sworn intention to destroy the Palestinian terrorist ability to continue their barbaric attacks on its people includes not only the destruction of the stockpiled weapons in the possession of the terror groups, but their operatives as well. It is the least that any other country would designate their ultimate goal. Yet ostensible collegial Western countries choose to chastise Israel for placing the lives of Palestinian citizens at risk, even while the Israel Defense Forces take precautions no other military would undertake in similar circumstances.

 

That the International Court of Justice's order that Israel halt its military offensive immediately, in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, it has no capacity to enforce the order and Israel will not accept the court's jurisdiction. Yet both the courts' judicial and prejudicial interventions slamming Israel and supporting the Palestinian 'cause' prejudice unjustly Israel's flagging global reputation. 

"The International Court of Justice's decision opens up the possibility for relief, but only if governments use their leverage, including through arms embargoes and targeted sanctions, to press Israel to urgently enforce the court's measures."

Balkees Jarrah, associate international justice director, Human Rights Watch

 

"[Fears the court expressed earlier this year about an operation in Rafah have] materialized. [Israel must] immediately halt its military offensive [in the city and anything else that might result in conditions that could cause the] physical destruction in whole or in  part [of Palestinians there]."

Nawaf Salam, ICJ president

Two weeks ago, Israel began disseminating evacuation orders as military operations began on the city's edge. The IDF says an estimated million Palestinians have since left the immediate area as Israeli forces press deeper within. Rafah is considered the last and ultimate stronghold of Hamas, where four of its divisions are sheltering, and it is there as well that Israel expects the bulk of the Israeli hostages may be found.  

Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule on South Africa's request on a Rafah and wider Gaza war ceasefire, in The Hague, on May 24, 2024 (Nick Gammon / AFP)