Without shame or hesitation, Judge Julia Sebutindesat on the right of the President on the bench of the world’s supreme judicial authority, the International Court of Justice, as Vice-President, thereby reaffirming the beliefs she had previously exposed through her zealous, messianic support for Israel.

She objected to most of the conclusions contained in the Court’s advisory opinion of 22 October 2025 on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid and its obligations as an occupying power in the Gaza Strip.

The position she adopted did not stem from the principles of international law, which the Court is mandated to uphold and ensure its proper application. Rather, her view was based on religious scripture and mythical narratives that she had already cited in prior decisions, particularly in the Court’s discussions on the provisional measures in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, and in the advisory opinion addressing the legal nature of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Even as scenes of death, displacement, hunger, and devastation shook humanity’s moral core, she rejected every provisional measure in the Court’s ruling of 26 January 2024, acting in line with her distorted beliefs.

She argued that the measures unanimously agreed upon by the judges obliging Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, refrain from targeting civilians and hospitals, and take actions to prevent genocide, lacked any grounding in international humanitarian........

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