{"id":21867,"date":"2025-05-26T16:37:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T22:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sensorialsunsets.com\/?p=21867"},"modified":"2025-05-26T16:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T22:37:44","slug":"gaza-israel-the-net-of-international-justice-is-slowly-closing-in-on-israel-and-costa-rica-remains-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sensorialsunsets.com\/en\/gaza-israel-the-net-of-international-justice-is-slowly-closing-in-on-israel-and-costa-rica-remains-silent\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza\/Israel: the net of international justice is slowly closing in on Israel and… Costa Rica remains silent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gaza \/ Israel: the international justice net is slowly closing in on Israel <\/a>and… the silence of Costa Rica<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Nicolas Boeglin, Professor of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Costa Rica (UCR). Contact: nboeglin(a)gmail.com<\/p>\n\n

Chaque jour qui passe, les habitants perdent leurs proches, leurs maisons et l\u2019espoir de survivre. C\u2019est une guerre d\u2019extermination men\u00e9e par \u00e9tapes, sous le couvert du silence international et en l\u2019absence totale de toute reddition de comptes. \u00c0 chaque appel \u00e0 l\u2019aide, ce qui reste de foi des Gazaouis en un possible salut du monde s\u2019effrite davantage face \u00e0 cet enfer sans fin<\/em>.<\/p>Testimony of a Gaza resident, May 18, 2025<\/strong>. Excerpt from \u201cTestimony of Abu Amir, May 18, 2025: escalation of massacres: Operation Gideon’s Chariots.\u201d Full text available here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n

\u00a0\u00c0 Gaza, il n\u2019y a pas un jour sans massacre, ni une nuit sans trag\u00e9die. Et si le monde ne se mobilise pas maintenant, ce qui reste de ce peuple sera enseveli sous les cendres, bien avant que ne soit annonc\u00e9e la tr\u00eave ou divulgu\u00e9 le contenu de l\u2019accord. Gaza ne r\u00e9clame aujourd\u2019hui que son droit \u00e0 la vie. Y a-t-il quelqu\u2019un pour l\u2019\u00e9couter ? Quelqu\u2019un pour emp\u00eacher le prochain massacre\u2026 avant qu\u2019il ne devienne une simple br\u00e8ve dans un journal t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9 \u00e9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re ?<\/em><\/p>Testimony of a Gaza resident, May 7, 2025<\/strong>. Excerpt from \u201cTestimony of Abu Amir, May 7, 2025: Gaza burns before the agreement.\u201d Full text available here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n

Ce qui se passe aujourd\u2019hui \u00e0 Gaza d\u00e9passe toute description : c\u2019est un enfer absolu, un cataclysme qui \u00e9crase pierres et \u00eatres humains, mettant en p\u00e9ril jusqu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019essence m\u00eame de l\u2019humanit\u00e9. Ce n\u2019est plus seulement une agression militaire ou un blocus impitoyable, c\u2019est une \u00e9preuve monstrueuse pour la dignit\u00e9 humaine, un rappel criant que le silence mondial est une complicit\u00e9 dans le crime.<\/em><\/p>Testimony of a Gaza resident, April 28, 2025<\/strong>. Excerpt from \u201cTestimony of Abu Amir, April 28, 2025: What is happening today in Gaza is indescribable.\u201d Full text available here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n

Tout ce qui se passe ne semble pas relever du hasard, mais d\u2019un plan syst\u00e9matique clairement visible, dans une tentative manifeste de pousser les habitants \u00e0 l\u2019exil, \u00e0 accepter ce qu\u2019on appelle les projets de \u00ab\u00a0migration volontaire\u00a0\u00bb, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire un d\u00e9placement forc\u00e9 d\u00e9guis\u00e9. Les politiques de famine, de destruction et de bombardements constants ne sont que les outils d\u2019un plan plus vaste visant \u00e0 vider Gaza de ses habitants ou \u00e0 briser leur volont\u00e9. Ce qui se joue \u00e0 Gaza n\u2019est pas seulement un si\u00e8ge ou une agression, mais un processus d\u2019extinction m\u00e9thodique de la vie et de la pr\u00e9sence palestinienne.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>Testimony of a Gaza resident, April 12, 2025<\/strong>. Excerpt from \u201cTestimony of Abu Amir, April 12, 2025: Gaza under fire: bombings and relentless hunger.\u201d Full text available here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n

By way of introduction<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

Since April 2024, the United Nations has issued serious warnings about the destructive and vengeful attitude of Israel’s top military and political leaders in Gaza: see the official statement<\/a><\/strong> from the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n

A few weeks earlier, Israel’s \u201cscholasticide\u201d in Gaza had been denounced from the United Nations headquarters in Europe in an official statement<\/strong><\/a> stating that:<\/p>\n\n

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These attacks are not isolated incidents. They present a systematic pattern of violence aimed at dismantling the very foundation of Palestinian society<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

A warning issued this time before the United Nations Security Council itself, less than 10 days after October 7, 2023, by the representative of Palestine, deserves special mention (in this quote, the English version accompanies the Spanish version):<\/p>\n\n

“What is happening in Gaza is not a military operation, it is a large-scale aggression against our people. These are massacres against innocent civilians. Nothing in natural law or international law allows for the targeting of civilians and such indiscriminate, barbaric attacks against them. Nothing in natural law or international law allows for the targeting of civilians and such indiscriminate, barbaric attacks against them\u201c (Statement by the representative of Palestine to the United Nations Security Council, at its meeting on October 16, 2023 (see minutes S\/PV\/9439<\/a><\/strong>, on page 9 \/ Statement by the representative of Palestine to the United Nations Security Council, at its meeting on October 16, 2023 (see verbatim <\/strong> S\/PV\/9439<\/a>, <\/strong> at page 9<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n

Despite this very early warning, and many others that followed from countless organizations, states, and United Nations experts, all of which were ignored, it is interesting to note how, little by little, international mechanisms to hold Israel accountable to international justice for its numerous abuses against the civilian population in Gaza have been activated.<\/h5>\n\n

It should be noted that these countless acts of violence, carried out on orders from young Israeli soldiers, leave a deep mark on their minds, as detailed in this <\/a><\/strong> in the Times of Israel on May 19, 2025, with more than thirty suicides among the ranks of Israel recorded since October 7, 2023. This other report by CNN from October 2024 is also worth mentioning and highly recommended reading (see link<\/a><\/strong>). It is titled: \u201cHe got out of Gaza, but Gaza did not get out of him: Israeli soldiers returning from war struggle with trauma and suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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Photo of Gaza on May 21, 2025, taken by article<\/a><\/strong> published in Israel by Magazine+972, which is recommended reading in its entirety, entitled \u201cDays of terror in Gaza’s \u2018Block 76\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Warnings ignored about Israel’s true intentions in Gaza are also listed in this very comprehensive interview (see video<\/a><\/strong>) conducted in Spanish with the former High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union (EU) on May 22. This interview is highly recommended, given the wide range of pressure exerted on this senior EU official, who left office four months ago.<\/p>\n\n

Despite these pressures, little by little, thanks to diplomatic efforts by Slovenia, Spain, Ireland, and Norway, some European states are realizing that they can no longer stand idly by while Israel subjects the Gaza Strip to total destruction. Issues such as<\/h5>\n\n