Police crack down on pro-Palestine protest at Mexico Israeli embassy
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Around 200 protesters were part of the "Urgent Action for Rafah" demonstration, nearly 30 of whom broke down barriers preventing them from reaching the embassy in Mexico.
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People march against the Israeli war on Gaza and in support of the Palestinians in Gaza, in Mexico City, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (AP)
Clashes broke out between police and demonstrators protesting against the Israeli massacres in Rafah outside the Israeli embassy in Mexico, AFP journalists reported.
Protesters light fires in front of the line of riot
— Andalalucha (@Andalalucha) May 29, 2024
Police blocking the entrance to The Israeli Embassy in Mexico City in protest of Israel’s recent attacks on Rafah. https://t.co/xE0aDpxWE5
As the police blocked the path to the complex in the Lomas de Chapultepec neighborhood, some protesters, faces covered, threw stones at the police.
Around 200 protesters were part of the "Urgent Action for Rafah" demonstration, nearly 30 of whom broke down barriers preventing them from reaching the embassy.
BREAKING🚨 Pro-Palestine (anti-genocide) protesters have lit up the Israeli Embassy in Mexico…🇲🇽
— Pelham (@Resist_05) May 29, 2024
This was in response to the IDF targeting a refugee camp in Rafah…🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/vEHIbOWAUl
Police officers threw tear gas at the protesters and threw the stones back.
The protest was triggered by the Israeli crime committed on the evening of May 26, as the Israeli occupation forces committed a new massacre against dozens of displaced persons by bombing their tents set up in UNRWA warehouses in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, an alleged "safe zone".
More than 50 Palestinians were killed and many others were injured as a result of this massacre.
Mexico seeks to intervene in ICJ case on Gaza genocide
On May 28, Mexico invoked Article 63 of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) statute and submitted a declaration of intervention in the case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip.
PRESS RELEASE: Mexico, invoking Article 63 of the #ICJ Statute, filed a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (#SouthAfrica v. #Israel) https://t.co/kruJovhrXx pic.twitter.com/tSHs81sCfB
— CIJ_ICJ (@CIJ_ICJ) May 28, 2024
In its declaration, Mexico stated that it "seeks to intervene, in order to provide its view on the potential construction of the content of the provisions of the Convention relevant to this case."
It remains uncertain whether the ICJ will accept Mexico's application for intervention.
Libya recently filed a similar declaration of intervention in South Africa's case against "Israel". Ireland in March has vowed to file such a declaration as well.
South Africa requested on May 10 that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from Rafah as part of measures to prevent genocide in Gaza in its ongoing lawsuit against "Israel".
