WEB DESK: The International Court of Justice (ICS) is set to deliver a ruling today on South Afric’s request to order a halt to Israel’s offensive on Rafah.
The ICJ had previously issued provisional measures in January, directing Israel to take steps to alleviate humanitarian suffering in Gaza.
However, South Africa, in hearings last week, had asked the ICJ for additional measures specifically aimed at halting the ongoing offensive in Rafah where over a million displaced
Israel-Gaza war live: Judges at ICJ set to rule on Israel’s offensive amid fears for Rafah.
In a post on X, Israel Katz described Díaz’s choice of words as “antisemitic” and said it would result in Israel preventing the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem from providing services to Palestinians from the West Bank. He also suggested Díaz study her own country’s history – especially the seven centuries of Islamic rule between 711 and 1492, a period that saw varying degrees of coexistence between the Iberian peninsula’s Muslim, Christian and Jewish populations.
“In response to Spain’s recognition of a Palestinian state and the anti Semitic call by Spain’s deputy prime minister to not just recognize a Palestinian state but to ‘liberate Palestine from the river to the sea,’ I have decided to sever the connection between Spain’s representation in Israel and the Palestinians, and to prohibit the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem from providing services to Palestinians from the West Bank,” wrote Israel.
