# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola says The Hague Group will not rest until it has rallied the world to defend the international laws that protect the people of Palestine. The Hague Group, consisting of 30 countries including South Africa, demand that Israel comply with international laws regarding its unlawful occupation of Gaza. Lamola, as co-chair of the Hague Group, says the deadline given to Israel by a UN resolution adopted a year ago and based on the International Court of Justice Advisoy Opinion, has now passed.