ICJ: Pakistan expresses solidarity with Palestine

Pakistan's ambassador to the Netherlands, Syed Haider Shah, made an oral statement before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague Thursday, highlighting the atrocities being committed by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory particularly in Gaza.

He made the statement in the public hearing on the request for an advisory opinion on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

He emphasised that Israel's conduct towards the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reflected one of the most egregious breaches of the privileges and immunities of an international organisation in the history of the United Nations.

He condemned in the strongest possible terms Israel's attempt to dismantle the operations of UNRWA in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, terming it a blatant violation of international law and part of Israel's systematic campaign to deny much-needed humanitarian aid to millions of Palestinians in dire need.