Source: Global Network
[Global Network Report] On the 24th local time, the United Nations International Court of Justice issued a "temporary measure" in The Hague, the Netherlands, demanding that Israel immediately stop its military operations in Rafah. The Israeli Times reported on the same day that the Israeli National Security Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a joint statement on the same day in response to this judgment, saying that Israel "did not and will not" carry out actions in Rafah, the southern city of the Gaza Strip, that may destroy civilians.
The report said that the joint statement claimed that the genocide allegations made by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague were "false, shocking and morally repugnant".
The International Court of Justice demands that Israel stop military operations in Rafah
According to the report, the statement added that "Israel has not and will not take military action in Rafah". According to the statement, this refers to "military operations that may cause all or part of physical damage to the living conditions of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip". The Israeli Times said that the statement echoed the wording used by the International Court of Justice in its ruling.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the International Court of Justice issued a "temporary measure" in The Hague, Netherlands, on the 24th local time, demanding that Israel immediately stop its military operations in Rafah. According to the judgment read out by the President of the International Court of Justice, Nawaf Salam, the Israeli military action in Rafah has caused "disastrous consequences" for the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, and the rights of the Palestinian people under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide face "irreparable damage", The Court demanded that Israel immediately cease its military operations in Rafah.
The Palestinian presidential palace issued a statement on the 24th, welcoming the "temporary measures" issued by the United Nations International Court of Justice on the same day to demand that Israel immediately stop its military operations in Rafah. At the same time, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) also issued a statement on the same day welcoming the judgment of the International Court of Justice. In its statement, Hamas called on the international community and the United Nations to put pressure on Israel to immediately implement the judgment and implement all relevant United Nations resolutions in a practical and serious manner.
The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. According to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, the International Court of Justice of the United Nations has the right to issue "provisional measures" when it deems it necessary to settle legal disputes submitted to it by States. The judgment is binding and cannot be appealed.
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The American reporter was broadcasting the picture of Gaza, and suddenly the equipment was taken away by officials
On May 21, the equipment was suddenly confiscated by Israeli officials on the way of the AP live broadcast of the Gaza Strip, which soon alerted the United States and the United Nations to express their concern and concern. It is reported that under increasing international pressure, Israel returned the equipment later and the live broadcast resumed on the 22nd. However, the Associated Press believes that Israel may continue to interfere with the freedom of reporting by using the new foreign media law in the future, which is worrying.
The Associated Press said that officials of the Israeli Ministry of Communications came to the agency's office in the southern city of Sderot on the afternoon of the 21st local time and confiscated its camera equipment. Israeli officials showed a document signed by Communication Minister Karshi, claiming that the Associated Press had violated Israel's newly adopted foreign media law by providing picture materials to Al Jazeera Television in Qatar. The Israeli government had previously closed Al Jazeera's Jerusalem branch by citing the legislation.
Israeli officials (left) and the live broadcast equipment they received
According to the Israeli Ministry of Communications, Al Jazeera TV "illegally broadcast the situation in the northern Gaza Strip, including the activities of the Israel Defense Forces," through the pictures provided by the Associated Press, which "really endangers Israel's national security". The Associated Press said that it complied with the Israeli military review regulations. The live broadcast only showed the smoke rising over northern Gaza in general, and did not broadcast details that might endanger the movement of Israeli troops.
Screenshot of AP's previous live broadcast
The Associated Press later issued a statement on the 21st, "condemning in the strongest terms" the Israeli government's action of closing the live broadcast and confiscating equipment, and urging the Israeli authorities to return their equipment. The statement said that Israel's practice of calling Ceasefire Associated Press live broadcast was not based on the live broadcast content itself, but because the Israeli government "abused the country's new foreign media law".
"This government acts as if it has decided to ensure that Israel will become a pariah in the world at all costs, and they are crazy." The leader of Israel's main opposition party, former Prime Minister Lapid, criticized in a statement to the media, "This is not Al Jazeera, this is an American media that has won 53 Pulitzer Prizes."
The matter soon attracted the attention of the international community. The White House press secretary Jean Pierre said on the 21st that the relevant reports were "worrisome". Adriana Watson, spokesman of the National Security Council of the United States, said on the same day that the White House and the State Department immediately contacted the top level of the Israeli government after learning about the relevant reports, expressed "serious concern" and asked Israel to withdraw this move. The United Nations also condemned the move, calling it "shocking".
Under various pressures, the Israeli Ministry of Communications announced on the evening of the 21st local time that it would return the live broadcast equipment of the Associated Press. Karshi said in a statement on social media that, since the Ministry of Defense of Israel wanted to investigate whether the shooting in Sderot would bring risks to the Israeli army, he has now ordered to revoke the decision on confiscating the AP live broadcast equipment and return the equipment until the Ministry of Defense made a different decision.
The Associated Press said on the 22nd that although Israel's return of equipment was a positive development, the fundamental problem behind the incident, namely the restrictions on wartime media coverage imposed by the new foreign media law passed by Israel last month, had not been resolved. "We are still worried about the Israeli government's ability to quote foreign media laws and the ability of independent journalists to conduct free interviews in Israel."
The streets in Gaza City after the attack
"What else can prevent Israel from completely closing the business of news cooperatives in the country?" The report said that the Israel Foreign Journalists Association believed that the legislation "may allow Israel to prevent the media from reporting almost any news event for vague security reasons". The Axios News Network of the United States said that the current round of Palestinian Israeli conflict has become increasingly difficult to obtain on-site independent news reports. The Associated Press is one of the few western media with local organizations in Gaza.
On April 1 this year, the Knesset of Israel passed a law giving the government the power to temporarily ban the operation of foreign television channels "deemed to endanger national security" in Israel. According to this law, the Minister of Communications has the power to order foreign television channels to stop broadcasting in Israel; Close the relevant channel office in Israel and confiscate the channel equipment; Close the server of the channel website in Israel, or otherwise block access to the website.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu then sent a message welcoming the legislation, saying Al Jazeera would "no longer broadcast in Israel". On May 5, the Israeli government announced that it had decided to close Al Jazeera's branch in Israel and ban its channel from broadcasting in Israel. Al Jazeera TV strongly condemned this, saying that Israel's suppression of press freedom "violates international law and humanitarian law".
Previously, Al Jazeera TV was one of the largest international media to report the war locally since the outbreak of the new round of Palestinian Israeli conflict on October 7 last year. The Israeli government has repeatedly criticized Al Jazeera's reports on the situation in the Gaza Strip, accusing it of favoring the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and inciting actions against Israel. Al Jazeera did not respond to these allegations. However, he pointed out in a statement that more than 140 Palestinian journalists had been killed since the beginning of the Gaza war.
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