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[globe and mail](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-world-court-orders-israel-to-open-land-crossings-to-gaza/)
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**The unanimously endorsed order included Israel’s appointed judge**

> **The emergency order was unanimously endorsed by all 16 judges on the case, including Israel’s appointed judge, Aharon Barak**, a former president of Israel’s Supreme Court and one of its most respected jurists. **All of the court’s orders are legally binding,** although the court lacks an enforcement mechanism.
> 
> The world court, based in The Hague, had earlier responded to South Africa’s original request for action by issuing a ruling in late January **with a series of emergency orders against Israel, including an order requiring it to ensure the supply of basic services and humanitarian aid to Gaza.**

**Israel failed to allow for the provision of basic services and humanitarian aid-unsurprisingly. Since doing that is in contradiction with Israel’s expansionist goals**

> **“The Court observes with regret that, since then, the catastrophic living conditions of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have deteriorated further, in particular in view of the prolonged and widespread deprivation of food and other basic necessities to which the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been subjected,” the court said.**