Following the walkout of most of the countries of the UN as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke, 34 nations convened under the banner of The Hague Group to turn revulsion against the genocide in Gaza into concrete and coordinated measures of countries to carry out their legal responsibilities to end that genocide. Middle East Eye reported that, in addition to co-chairs of Colombia and South Africa, attending were: Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Namibia, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye, Uruguay and Venezuela.
In their closing remarks at the meeting, Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio and South Africa’s Minister of International Relations Ronald Lamola warned: “The choice before every government is clear: complicity or compliance. History will judge us not by the speeches we delivered, but by the actions we took.”
Middle East Eye reported: “The group pledged to share enforcement tools and legal mechanisms to help governments adopt measures designed to sever Israel’s access to arms, finance and energy. The measures include pledges to:
“Prevent military and dual-use exports to Israel;
“Refuse Israeli weapons shipments at ports;
“Prevent vessels carrying weapons to Israel under their national flags;
“Review all public contracts to prevent public institutions and funds from supporting Israel’s illegal occupation;
