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Bolivian ambassador to the Netherlands, Roberto Calzadilla Sarmiento, spoke to Middle East Eye on 30 April outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) following hearings into Israel's humanitarian obligations in occupied Palestine. In an interview with MEE news editor Sondos Asem, Sarmiento said the court must reaffirm the obligations of Israel as an occupying power in Palestine.

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Gladice Pickering, the Executive Director to Namibia's Ministry of Justice, urged the world to hold Israel accountable for its occupation of the West Bank and its war and blockade of Gaza. Pickering was speaking in The Hague, during hearings at the International Court of Justice over Israel's obligations to allow aid into Gaza and Unrwa, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, to operate freely in the besieged strip.

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The International Court of Justice on 28 April 2025 began hearings into Israel's obligations towards the presence and activities of the UN, other international organisations and third states in occupied Palestine. Following the proceedings, Middle East Eye News Editor Sondos Asem spoke to Ammar Hijazi, the Palestinian ambassador to international organisations in The Hague and to the Netherlands. Hijazi had spoken to the court that day on the dire situation in Gaza under Israel's complete siege.

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Nuh Yilmaz, the Turkish deputy foreign affairs minister, said the country is his government is "doing its best" to pressure an end to Israel’s ban on Gaza aid enforced since 2 March.

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Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik has denounced Israel’s siege on Gaza as “unconscionable and deeply illegal”, with aid unable to reach the Palestinian enclave for two months. Kravik spoke on behalf of Norway before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday, in hearings on Israel’s humanitarian obligations under international law.