Belgium pleaded last week for the entry of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip before the International Court of Justice of The Hague.
“As an occupying power, Israel has the obligation to provide humanitarian assistance to the occupied population as far as its means“, Recalled the professor of international law on Wednesday at ULB, Vaios Koutroulis, on behalf of Belgium.”There is no doubt that the civilian population in the Gaza Strip is insufficiently supplied. Consequently, Israel must accept and facilitate rescue actions of international organizations, third -party states and humanitarian impartial organizations“.
Belgium also worried about the fate of humanitarian workers in the Gaza Strip. More than 400 of them have been killed since October 7, 2023. “It is forbidden to attack rescuers and humanitarian workers, especially when they circulate in vehicles with the appropriate signaling and the lights up“We don’t want to help Mr. Koouroulis.
-Belgium defended UNRWA, the United Nations agency in charge of Palestinian refugees whose Israel seeks to prevent activities on the pretext that it would be an accomplice of terrorist actions. Internal surveys have been carried out, and conducted in the dismissal of several people, as well as an independent assessment, she pointed out.
“Israel did not provide proof to support its allegations according to which a significant number of UNRWA employees are members of terrorist organizations“
“Israel did not provide proof to support its allegations according to which a significant number of UNRWA employees are members of terrorist organizations“Said the Director General of Legal Affairs for FPI Foreign Affairs, Antoine Misonne.”We are far from the image portrayed by Israel to the Security Council according to which UNRWA is an essential link in the terrorist system of Hamas, which would make UNRWA a terrorist organization and which does in Gaza, the UN would be Hamas and Hamas, the UN. Belgium rejects such qualifications (…) The unilateral actions taken against the UN and more particularly UNRWA are unjustified and in violation of the obligations assumed by the United Nations member states“.
