Top UN court to rule on Israel's Gaza aid obligations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : The UN asked the ICJ to clarify Israel's obligations, as an occupying power, toward UN and other bodies "including to ensure and facilitate the unhindered provision of urgently needed supplies essential to the survival" of Palestinians.
56% : It is the UN and UNRWA," he told reporters at the time.
53% : The top United Nations court will rule Wednesday on Israel's obligations toward agencies providing humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza, as aid groups scramble to scale up assistance following a ceasefire.
52% : Judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague have been asked for an 'advisory opinion' laying out Israel's duty to facilitate aid in Gaza THE HAGUE:
52% : On the eve of the ICJ ruling, Abeer Etefa, Middle East spokeswoman for the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), said 530 of the organization's trucks had crossed into Gaza since the ceasefire.
51% : Judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague have been asked for an "advisory opinion" laying out Israel's duty to facilitate aid in Gaza.
49% : Israel faces several cases under international law over its campaign in Gaza.
46% : The US official, Josh Simmons, said Israel had "no obligation to permit UNRWA specifically to provide humanitarian assistance.
43% : " "It is not Israel that should be on trial.
40% : However, the April 2024 report said Israel had "yet to provide supporting evidence" of its allegation that "a significant number of UNRWA employees are members of terrorist organizations.
39% : Another court in The Hague, the International Criminal Court, has issued arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
38% : It also issued a warrant for Hamas commander Mohammed Deif, who Israel says was killed in an airstrike.
37% : In July 2024, the ICJ issued another advisory opinion stating that Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories was "unlawful" and must end as soon as possible.
32% : Israel banned UNRWA from operating on Israeli soil after accusing some of its staff of taking part in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack that sparked the war.
32% : Palestinian official Ammar Hijazi told the ICJ judges that Israel was blocking aid as a "weapon of war," sparking starvation in Gaza.
19% : Israel did not take part in the hearings but Foreign Minister Gideon Saar described them as "part of a systematic persecution and delegitimization of Israel.
16% : ICJ judges are also weighing accusations, brought by South Africa, that Israel has broken the 1948 UN Genocide Convention with its actions in Gaza.

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