Germany's lead counsel, Tania von Uslar-Gleichen, starts her opening remarks implicitly referring to "reason of state." Germany's murder of Jews in Europe "guides our policies in the Middle East." She notes that Nicaragua’s court filing appears to deny Israel’s existence by calling Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 one against “Israeli settlements located in the occupied Palestinian territories” — as opposed to within Israel’s internationally recognized borders.
Her thrust is to focus on Hamas’ “obligations.” She says Hamas could stop the violence by releasing Israel’s hostages, ceasing attacks against Israel, and ending its use of human shields and civilian infrastructure for its armed operations. She calls Nicaragua’s claims having “no basis in fact or law.” Nicaragua’s beef is with Israel, not Germany, and it is therefore improper to have brought Germany “before this court in the absence of a dispute.”
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Germany's lead counsel, Tania von Uslar-Gleichen, starts her opening remarks implicitly referring to "reason of state." Germany's murder of Jews in Europe "guides our policies in the Middle East." She notes that Nicaragua’s court filing appears to deny Israel’s existence by calling Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 one against “Israeli settlements located in the occupied Palestinian territories” — as opposed to within Israel’s internationally recognized borders.
Her thrust is to focus on Hamas’ “obligations.” She says Hamas could stop the violence by releasing Israel’s hostages, ceasing attacks against Israel, and ending its use of human shields and civilian infrastructure for its armed operations. She calls Nicaragua’s claims having “no basis in fact or law.” Nicaragua’s beef is with Israel, not Germany, and it is therefore improper to have brought Germany “before this court in the absence of a dispute.”