On the israel gaza war. The Uns Highest Court has ruled that israel Must Immediately halt its Military Offensive in rafah. South africa had asked the International Court ofjustice to issue the order as an emergency measure. It argued israels actions in rafah amount to a genocidal operation and threatened the survival of the Palestinian People. The icj made several rulings today. In addition to calls for israel to halt the Military Operation in rafah, the Court Ordered it open the Rafah Crossing with egypt for the entry of humanitarian aid at scale. It also wants israel to ensure access to gaza for investigators and fact finding missions. Thejudges called on hamas to immediately and unconditionally release hostages taken in its october 7th attack on israel. The icj can make legally binding rulings in disputes between countries, but has little way of enforcing its orders. However, its given israel a month to update on progress. Lets hear from judge nawaf salam. The Court Considers that i
Earlier, i spoke with the Executive Director of the center for human rights in iran, hadi ghaemi, about the prisoner swap, and what it means for both countries. Let mejust open let me just open first and foremost by saying how happy we are and congratulate the families and individuals s hostages that should never have beenin hostages that should never have been in this place and they were just been in this place and they werejust in been in this place and they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Regarding the deal, i would say that the proof is in the pudding. I have two concerns, one is that world are 6 billion really be used only for humanitarian trade and necessities that. Because this money really belongs to the iranian people, not the iranian government, and the iranian government, and the iranian people have risen up against this government for the past year, for sure, so we better make sure that if any money travels in the geography of that direction, it benefits the