The International Court of Justice has begun a hearing in The Hague to decide whether Germany has violated the Genocide Convention by providing military and financial aid to Israel. The case was brought by Nicaragua, which accused Germany of facilitating the commission of genocide in Gaza. Nicaraguan Ambassador Carlos José Argüello Gómez addressed the court earlier today.

Carlos José Argüello Gómez: “In the present case, Nicaragua is also requesting the court to order that Germany should cease providing support to Israel in its campaign of destruction of the Palestinian people. But in the present case, Nicaragua is acting not only on its own behalf on the basis of the rights and obligations conferred by the peremptory norms invoked, but also on behalf of the Palestinian people, that is being subjected to one of the most destructive military actions in modern history.”

The ICJ hearing is being held as Al Jazeera reports a group of 600 civil servants in Germany has written to Chancellor Olaf Scholz calling on him to immediately cease arms deliveries to Israel.