Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki expressed gratitude on Friday for the provisional measures imposed by the International Court of Justice on Israel over its military operation in Gaza.
“The ICJ judges assessed the facts and the law. They ruled in favor of humanity and international law,” al-Maliki said in a video statement.
Al-Maliki stated:
"The ICJ ruling breaks Israel's entrenched culture of criminality and impunity, which has characterized its decades-long occupation, dispossession, persecution, and apartheid in Palestine."
He called on all states to ensure the implementation of the provisional measures, emphasizing it as a binding legal obligation for Israel.
Separately, the Palestinian Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ammar Hijazi said Friday is a “good day for humanity."
“This ruling is in favor of (an) international system based on law, against exceptionalism and double standards,” Hijazi told reporters outside the ICJ in The Hague, Netherlands.
Hijazi said the decision by the court to enact emergency measures ordering Israel to prevent the death and destruction caused by its military campaign means “that the cries and suffering of our people in Gaza have been heard.”