EU member states must ensure Israel respects World Court rulings on Gaza: Spain

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares will ask the other 26 European Union member states to issue official backing to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and take steps to ensure Israel respects its decisions.

“I am going to ask the other 26 partners to declare the backing of the International Court of Justice and its decision, and also, if Israel continues to pursue against that opinion of the court, we would try to take the right measures to enforce that decision,” he told reporters in a Brussels news conference following a ministerial meeting hosted by Norway and Saudi Arabia in Brussels over the weekend.

Following the press conference, Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says that the World Court ruling is “binding” and that it must be respected.