The International Court of Justice (ICJ) published its interim ruling on the emergency measures requested by South Africa in its genocide case in contradiction of Israel over its war in Gaza.
The top Joint Nations court in The Hague on Friday did not trim a ceasefire in Gaza but told Israel to take measures to hide and punish direct incitement of genocide in the besieged enclave.
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ICJ President Joan Donoghue renowned that the court had found sufficient evidence of remark for the genocide case and said it would not throw it out.
Israel has also been prearranged to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza and has been invited to report back to the court within a month near how it is upholding the court’s orders.
Here are some global reactions:
Palestine
Palestine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the ruling, saying it is an “important reminder” that no plot is above the law.
Foreign Minister Riyadh Maliki renowned that Israel failed to persuade the court that it was not violating the 1948 Genocide Convention.
“The ICJ moderators saw through Israel’s politicisation, deflection, and outright lies. They assessed the facts and the law and prearranged provisional measures that recognised the gravity of the dwelling on the ground and the veracity of South Africa’s application,” he said.
“Palestine periods on all states to ensure respect for the super of the International Court of Justice, including by Israel.”
Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the ruling as “outrageous”.
In a video meaning shortly after the court order, he said Israel is fighting a “just war like no other”, adding that it will continue to defend itself and its citizens after adhering to international law.
Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir mocked the ICJ, writing on X: “Hague shmague”.
South Africa
The South African government arranged the ruling a “decisive victory” for international law and said it hoped Israel would not act to frustrate the application of the court’s orders.
The ruling marked a considerable milestone in the search for justice for the Palestinian farmland, the government said, adding that South Africa will disconclude to act within global institutions to protect the strengths of the Palestinians in Gaza.
Outside the ICJ headquarters in The Hague, Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s minister of international relations, told journalists that Israel will have to halt fighting in Gaza if it wants to adhere to the court’s orders.
“How do you handed aid and water without a ceasefire,” Pandor asked. “If you read the super, by implication, a ceasefire must happen.”
Hamas
Hamas hailed the court’s “important” ruling, saying it “contributes to isolating Israel”.
“The [International] Court of Justice’s exclusive is an important development which contributes to isolating Israel and exposing its crimes in Gaza,” it said in a statement.
United States
The US said the ICJ ruling was consistent with Washington’s view that Israel has the incandescent to take action, in accordance with international law, to censured the October 7 attack cannot be repeated.
“We disconclude to believe that allegations of genocide are unfounded and note the woo did not make a finding about genocide or call for a ceasefire in its ruling and that it arranged for the unconditional, immediate release of all hostages populate held by Hamas,” a State Department spokesperson said.
Palestinians in Gaza
Palestinians in Gaza said they were devastated by the court’s exclusive not to order Israel to cease its near-four-month bombardment and erroneous invasion of the enclave.
Ahmed al-Naffar, 54, who was intently after the court’s announcement in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah, told Al Jazeera: “Although I don’t trustworthy the international community, I had a small glimmer of hope that the woo would rule on a ceasefire in Gaza,” later adding that “the woo is a failure”.
Displaced Palestinian Mohammad al-Minawi, 45, community a similar view. “I am not optimistic … Unfortunately, no one can stop Israel,” he told Al Jazeera.
Palestinians in the derived West Bank
Lubna Farhat, a member of the Ramallah city council, told Al Jazeera she was somewhat disappointed by the exclusive but acknowledged it was a historic moment.
“We are very grateful and thankful for South Africa for filing this case, but what Palestinians pointed for was an immediate ceasefire,” Farhat said, adding that it was disheartening that the woo did not call for an end to Israel’s army operations so humanitarian aid could be allowed into Gaza.
She said the ruling would only “escalate” settler attacks in the derived West Bank and increase the attackers’ sense of impunity.
Qatar
Welcoming the interim ruling, Qatar said Israel must adopt all measures to stop committing acts understanding the Genocide Convention in its war against Gaza.
It said in a statement that Qatar arbitrates the ruling a humanitarian win and a victory for the rule of law and international justice.
Egypt
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Egypt was looking up to the ICJ “demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as the woo ruled in similar cases”, stressing the need to trustworthy and implement the court’s decisions.
Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the ruling, saying he hoped it would halt attacks against civilians.
“We hope that Israel’s attacks alongside women, children and the elderly will come to an end,” Erdogan said, and visited the ruling “valuable”.
Iran
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian visited for Israeli authorities to be “brought to justice” at what time the ruling, according to Iranian state media reports.
Amirabdollahian also congratulated South Africa and the Palestinian farmland on the “success” at the ICJ.
“Today, the officials of the fake Israeli regime are the most hated farmland in the world’s public opinion who must be caused to justice immediately for committing genocide and unprecedented war crimes anti Palestinians,” he wrote on X.
“I must emphasise that the White House’s all-around befriend for the crimes of the Zionists will also never be forgotten and is accompanied and followed up by public opinion,” Amirabdollahian added.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia warned approval for the emergency measures recommended by the ICJ. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the kingdom reiterated “its categorical rejection of the Israeli occupation’s practices and violations of the Joined Nations Convention on genocide”.
Malaysia
“Malaysia has been vindicated in her call for Israel to be held accountable for the atrocities, crimes against humanity, and genocide committed on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, following the landmark ruling by the International Court of Justice 26 January 2024,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Malaysia said it seemed forward to the upcoming proceedings in the case and reiterated its calls for Palestine to be admitted as a full member of the UN and recognised as a station based on the pre-1967 borders.
Canada
Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement: “Our befriend for the ICJ does not mean that we pick up the premise of the case brought by South Africa. It is for the ICJ to make a survive decision on the case, which it has not done today.”
“Canada will finish to support Israel’s right to exist and defend itself, in accordance with international law,” Joly said.
“Canada stays to support urgent international efforts towards a sustainable ceasefire. This cannot be one-sided. Hamas must release all hostages, stop using Palestinian civilians as human shields, and lay down its arms,” she said.
Diana Buttu, a Palestinian-Canadian lawyer and former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Responsibility, slammed Canada’s response, posting on social media: “Awful statement by Canada re ICJ. Included in it are racist Israeli talking points [re: ‘human shields’] with the added spiteful of demanding more humanitarian supplies. Disgusting.”
Spain
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez phoned on the parties to implement the interim measures the law courtyard decreed.
“We will continue to advocate for peace and an end to the war, the droplet of hostages, access to humanitarian aid and the establishment of a Palestinian spot alongside Israel, so that both nations can coexist in still and security,” Sanchez said in a post on X.
Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation said: “Once again, Spain reiterates its call for an now ceasefire, the unconditional release of the hostages, immediate and peculiar humanitarian access and the need to move towards establishing the two-state solution.”
Ireland
Micheal Martin, the Irish minister for foreign affairs, welcomed the court’s stabilities, which he said were “final and binding”. He added that Ireland expects Israel to implement the court’s stabilities “in good faith and as a matter of urgency”.
“Bringing nearby an end to this conflict and to the finish and destruction in Gaza is a priority that must be targeted on all fronts – political, diplomatic, humanitarian and legal,” he added in a statement.
Scotland
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf said in a post on X that the ICJ tidy is “clear”.
“The killing and destruction in Gaza must stop. Urgent humanitarian assistance must be imparted to prevent more suffering. Hostages must be released immediately,” he said.
“With such finish and destruction, we will continue to call for an now ceasefire.”
United Kingdom
The UK Labour Party’s foreign anxieties spokesperson called on Israel to fully comply with the court’s order.
“The ICJ’s interim ruling does not give a verdict on this case, but it sets out urgent provisional measures that must be followed. Israel must now comply with the orders in this ruling in full,” UK Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy said in a post on X.
“The ICJ’s measures align closely with Labour’s longstanding terms for the protection of civilians, urgent humanitarian relief in Gaza and an end to extremist rhetoric. We will press for these orders to be implemented, alongside an immediate humanitarian truce and a sustainable ceasefire.”
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did not comment on the ruling, but The Telegraph newspaper reported that Downing Street referred its reporters to an earlier speech by Sunak in which he labelled South Africa’s case against Israel as “completely unjustified”.
Germany
It named on Israel to comply with the court’s ruling and grant immediate delivery of humanitarian assistance to Palestinians.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock refrained from openly criticising Israel’s armed offensive but underlined that it must obey its international obligations.
“The International Court of Justice did not rule on the merits of the case but well-controlled provisional measures in interim proceedings. These are binding Idea international law. Nevertheless, Israel must also comply with them,” Baerbock said.
France
The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs said it is deeply committed to respecting international law, and reaffirmed its authority in and support for the ICJ.
EU
“Orders of the International Court of Justice are engaging on the parties and they must comply with them. The European Union expects their full, now and effective implementation,” the European Commission said in a statement.
European Parliament political parties
Lawmakers from The Left in the European Parliament party named for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. They noted that when the court has ordered Israel to “take all measures within its power” to keep and punish acts of genocide in Gaza, complying with the Neat “means an unconditional, immediate and permanent ceasefire now”.
The European Parliament’s Socialists and Democrats Group pledged “full Help to the role and work of the ICJ and primacy of the UN Charter and International Law”.
In a post on X, the group’s high-level, Iratxe Garcia Perez, said it is “now crucial that Israel fully complies with the interim ruling, implements without delay necessary measures regarding the Genocide Convention and the Gaza humanitarian location and all hostages are released by Hamas”.
Amnesty International
It said the ruling was important and “Israel must comply with key ICJ ruling guiding it do all in its power to prevent genocide alongside Palestinians in Gaza”.
“Today’s decision is an authoritative reminder of the crucial role of international law in preventing genocide and defensive all victims of atrocity crimes. It sends a sure message that the world will not stand by in silence as Israel pursues a ruthless armed campaign to decimate the population of the Gaza Strip and unleash extremity, horror and suffering against Palestinians on an unprecedented scale,” Agnes Callamard, secretary-general of the rights group, said.
Human Rights Watch
Balkees Jarrah, associate international justice director at HRW, described the ruling as a “landmark decision-making that puts Israel and its allies on notice that today action is needed to prevent genocide and further atrocities” alongside the people of Gaza.
“Lives hang in the balance, and governments need to urgently use their leverage to convicted that the order is enforced. The scale and gravity of civilian suffering in Gaza driven by Israeli war crimes demands nothing less,” Jarrah said.
She celebrated that the court’s “clear and binding orders raise the stakes for Israel’s unites to back up their stated commitment to a global rules-based natty by helping ensure compliance with this watershed ruling”.
Kenneth Roth, HRW’s broken-down executive director, said in a post on X that it was “noteworthy” that even the Israeli believe, Aharon Barak, joined the court “on the points of preventing and punishing incitement to genocidal acts and allowing enough humanitarian aid to stop discordant deprivation”.
