World court begins hearings on Nicaragua’s claim Germany aiding Israel’s ‘genocide’
Nicaragua requests International Court of Justice to order Germany to cease providing support to Israel in its military assault on Gaza | The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday on Nicaragua’s case against Germany, accusing Berlin of facilitating “genocide” in Gaza by providing political and military support to Israel. ● Addressing the court, Nicaraguan Ambassador Carlos Jose Arguello Gomez said Germany is continuing its military support to Israel, although it is well aware that Israel’s violations may amount to an act of “genocide.” 💬 “The case before us involves momentous events affecting the life and wellbeing of hundreds of thousands of people, and even the destruction of an entire people,” he said. “Serious breaches of international humanitarian law, and other peremptory norms of international law, including genocide, are taking place in Palestine,” he stressed. “Nicaragua is requesting the court to order Germany to cease providing support to Israel in its campaign of destruction of the Palestinian people.” The ambassador underlined that Germany, as a party to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has to respect its obligations and stop sending weapons and military material to Israel.