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Geneva.

On 9 September 2025, the 80th session of the UN General Assembly opens amidst growing threats to international peace and security, particularly in the Middle East, where a genocide against the Palestinian people is being committed by Israel, with the complicity of the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and other countries that continue to give military, economic, political, diplomatic and propagandistic support to the genocidal State. This must stop. The GA must call for an immediate arms embargo and adopt pertinent resolutions on the “Uniting for Peace” precedents.

Since December 2023 the International Court of Justice is seized of the case South Africa v. Israel, which seeks to prove that Israel’s actions constitute genocide within the meaning of the 1948 Genocide Convention and to fix the civil and criminal responsibility of Israeli leaders. There is no doubt that the ICJ will make the pertinent findings, which will have to be consistent with its prior jurisprudence on matters of genocide. The ongoing Nakba against the Palestinian surpasses previous instances of genocide brought before the World Court.

On 19 July 2024, the ICJ issued an Advisory Opinion declaring “that the State of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful”, “that the State of Israel is under an obligation to bring to an end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory “, that “that the State of Israel is under an obligation to cease immediately all new settlement activities, and to evacuate all settlers from the Occupied Palestinian Territory”, and that “the State of Israel has the obligation to make reparation for the damage caused to all the natural or legal persons concerned in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”. In the same spirit, the International Criminal Court issued warrants for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Minister of War Yoav Gallant on 21 November 2024. To this day, neither has been arrested and brought to the Hague.

Pursuant to article 2(2) of the Charter, all UN Member states must “fulfil in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Charter”. Pursuant to Article 2(5), they must “give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Charter”. Pursuant to Art. 94, member states are obliged to “comply with the decision of the International Court of Justice in any case to which it is a party.”

Hitherto Israel has refused to comply with pertinent ICJ orders and with the specific findings contained in the Advisory Opinions of 9 July 2004 and 19 July 2024. This behaviour constitutes a serious........

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