2024-05-14 14:38:35
“We do not believe that what is happening in Gaza is genocide. We have strongly rejected that assumption,” said Jake Sullivan, US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser.
Sullivan said that the United States has also expressed its position on this matter in writing and in detail at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.
“We believe that Israel can and should do more to ensure the protection and well-being of innocent civilians,” Sullivan added.
The war in the Gaza Strip began when Israel responded to the attacks on Israel by Hamas and other Islamist groups that killed more than 1,200 people on October 7. Considering the high number of civilians killed and the catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip, Israel has been criticized internationally for this war.
South Africa filed a case against Israel at the UN International Court of Justice in late December, accusing it of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. South Africa believes that Israel has violated the UN Genocide Convention, to which both South Africa and Israel are signatories. South Africa wants the court to order Israel to end attacks on the Gaza Strip.
The ICJ ruled in this case that Israel must take safeguards to prevent genocide.
Israel has repeatedly rejected accusations of genocide and emphasized that it exercised its right to self-defense after the October 7 attacks.
The US government and President Biden have faced numerous accusations of complicity in genocide by providing military support to Israel. Demonstrators with appropriate slogans have interrupted Biden’s public appearances.
Biden has also been criticized for taking an increasingly harsh tone against Israel, which has been interpreted as abandoning an important US ally in distress.
2024-05-14 14:38:35