1/9/2024–|Last updated: 1/9/202409:54 PM (Mecca time)
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Tuesday that he was concerned that Israel may have taken action in Gaza that might constitute a violation of international law.
Cameron pointed out before the parliamentary foreign affairs committee that some of the developments he witnessed during the war in the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip were “deeply worrying.”
“Am I concerned that Israel has taken action that might violate international law because this particular place was bombed or something else? Yes, of course,” he said while taking questions from the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee.
The Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs is responsible for monitoring the work of the British Foreign Ministry, to which Cameron was suddenly appointed late last year.
In response to a question from Conservative MP Bob Seeley whether government lawyers indicated that Israel might be vulnerable to facing the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Cameron said: “The situation is close to that.”
But he pointed out that there are question marks regarding this issue, which requires greater oversight, especially from lawyers.
He pointed out that rebuilding Gaza after the conflict will require a “major international effort” because “the level of destruction is very great.”
The two-state solution
In mid-December, Cameron and his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, called on all parties in the Middle East to work towards a two-state solution as soon as the killing stops (the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip), and they expressed the cruelty of the heart-breaking moment when they saw this large number of children. They are killed or injured.
The two ministers said – in a joint article in the Times newspaper – that no one wants to see this conflict last a moment longer than necessary, and they expressed their conviction that they are capable, even in the darkest moments, “of changing this desperate situation for the better, and we share the longing for peace in the Middle East.” As in any other place around the world.”
While they recognize Israel’s right to defend itself, they believe that it must first abide by international humanitarian law, and that it will not win this war if it destroys the possibilities of peaceful coexistence with the Palestinians, noting that it has the right to eliminate the threat posed by Hamas, but it must do so. More to adequately distinguish between “terrorists” and civilians, many of whom were killed.
