China has accused Israel of war crimes in the International Court of Justice, joining 40 other countries that have denounced the blockade of Gaza as an inhuman punishment. The Palestinian genocide blatantly violates international humanitarian law before everyone’s eyes. The blockade imposed by the United States and its allies has created an unprecedented catastrophe.
China, which sold military technology to Israel in the past, changed its position as Israel intensified the massacre. Until the 1990s, it provided equipment such as missiles and surveillance systems. In October 2024, China refused to sell laser air defense systems to Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Today it accuses the Zionist state and demands humanitarian aid.
China also uses the ICJ to expose American hypocrisy. The Trump administration, like the Biden administration, has funded this genocide and vetoed UN resolutions. Its complicity is absolute.
These accusations resonate only in the Court because throughout the rest of the world, Israel shamelessly blocks convoys. The ICJ, unable to confront this power, becomes a useless stage. Accusations from China and other countries point to uncomfortable truths, but the Court cannot break the cycle of impunity.
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza and evades all responsibility. To this day, the humanitarian aid blockade mercilessly suffocates Gaza. There is no food, no drinking water, much less essential medicines. Tens of thousands of civilians have died. Hospitals, schools, and homes are in ruins. Israel continues to bomb without pause or remorse.
Israel dehumanizes Palestinians. Their lives do not count in its narrative. Achille Mbembe defines it as necropolitics: Gaza is a laboratory of controlled death. Israel decides who survives or perishes. A colonial power that crushes without limits.
The ICJ is an institutionalized farce, purporting to deliver justice but lacking real authority. Its advisory opinions are mere empty words. Israel ignores them with historical arrogance. The Court perpetuates an illusion of fairness. Meanwhile, Gaza burns under the weight of occupation.
Israel continues its systematic ethnic cleansing. The Zionist project, intact since 1948, demands the incremental elimination of Palestinians.
Justice will not come from The Hague. Only Palestinian resistance, a global boycott, and radical solidarity can stop Israel. Its colonialism must be dismantled. Gaza deserves to live free.