Watan-In a serious provocation, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham criticized the International Court of Justice’s order for Israel to halt its military operations in Rafah, saying, “The court can go to hell.”
The court had issued an order requiring Israel to “stop its military operations in Rafah, keep the Rafah crossing open to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and provide a report to the court within a month on the steps it will take.”
Commenting on this, Graham said on the platform “X”: “We should have long stood against so-called international justice organizations affiliated with the United Nations. Their anti-Israel bias is extremely high,” he claimed.
He added, “In my opinion, the International Court of Justice can go to hell,” according to his statement.
Graham described the International Court of Justice’s decision requiring Israel to halt its operations, which he deemed necessary, as ridiculous and called on the occupation authorities to ignore the court’s ruling.
As far as I’m concerned, the ICJ can go to hell.
It is long past time to stand up to these so-called international justice organizations associated with the UN. Their anti-Israel bias is overwhelming.
The ICJ’s ruling that Israel should stop operations that are necessary to…
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) May 24, 2024
International Court of Justice’s Decision Against Israel
With 13 of its members in favor and two opposed, the court issued new provisional measures demanding that Israel “immediately” cease its attack on Rafah.
These new measures from the court, which is the highest judicial body of the United Nations, came in response to a request from South Africa as part of a comprehensive lawsuit filed by Pretoria at the end of December 2023, accusing Tel Aviv of “committing genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
Israel’s Position
In response, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that he had started ministerial consultations by phone to discuss the court’s decision.
Meanwhile, far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir expressed his rejection of the court’s decision, describing it as “anti-Semitic.”
Ben-Gvir said that the response to the court’s decision “should be only one thing: the occupation of Rafah, increasing military pressure, and the complete defeat of Hamas until full victory in the war is achieved.”