The non-governmental organization said in a statement that this institution “is a crucial component of the Israeli colonial system, as are the government, the army and other security forces, against the Palestinian people

All these institutions violate international legal and humanitarian norms by committing crimes against the Palestinians, it stressed.

One of the most obvious examples of the complicity of all Israeli state agencies in the crime of genocide is the use of starvation as a weapon of war, he noted.

The Monitor stressed that the court flagrantly violated the Fourth Geneva Convention, which applies to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

“The convention obliges the occupying state to provide food and medical supplies to the occupied population,” he recalled.

Also the chairman of the Palestinian National Council, Rawhi Fattouh, condemned the court ruling.

The Palestinian leader said in a statement that this “decision blatantly reflects false justice implemented by a racist and fascist government.”

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