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Monday, February 26, 2024
Israel slams China for telling World Court that Palestinians have right to ‘use of force’
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Israel blasts China’s presentation to the International Court of Justice last week, in which its representative argued that the Palestinians’ “use of force” was part of their right to self-determination and a legitimate tool for achieving independence.
“The laws of war do not allow a systematic and targeted attack against civilians and the use of civilians as human shields — two war crimes that Hamas commits under the title of ‘armed struggle,'” tweets Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat.
He adds that China’s statement could read as supporting Hamas’s attacks on October 7.
“China should ask itself why the terrorist organization Hamas was quick to welcome the words of its legal adviser at the ICJ,” says Haiat.
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