Washington condemns the Hague Group, its statement, and its adoption of "unprecedented measures" to hold Israel accountable.

The US State Department, commenting on Wednesday on the meeting of the "Hague Group" in the Colombian capital, Bogotá, and its statement announcing unprecedented measures to hold Israel accountable for its genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, said it opposes the group and the principles to which it adheres.

"The United States strongly opposes efforts by the so-called multilateral bloc to weaponize international law and use it as a tool to advance a radical anti-Western policy and agenda," the State Department said in a press release to DropSite.

The statement added: "The so-called Hague Group, led by Cuba and South Africa, one communist and the other authoritarian, with their poor human rights records, seeks to undermine the sovereignty of democratic states and isolate Israel globally."

The statement threatened that the United States would do everything in its power to protect Israel and completely thwart the Hague Group.

On July 16, the Hague Group announced that 12 countries had agreed to "unprecedented measures" aimed at halting the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, following an emergency summit held in Bogota, Colombia. According to the summit's final statement, the measures include imposing an arms embargo on Israel, preventing ships carrying weapons to Israel from docking in ports, reviewing public contracts that support the Israeli occupation of Palestine, fulfilling commitments to ensure accountability for the most serious crimes under international law, and supporting the prosecution of Israeli war criminals at the national and international levels.

Of the 31 countries that attended the historic summit, only Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Indonesia, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Oman, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and South Africa committed to fully implementing the measures. According to the statement, the remaining 18 countries "unanimously agreed on the need to end the era of impunity" and supported a unified call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

“These 12 countries have taken a crucial step forward,” said Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, during the closing ceremony. “Now it is time for countries—from Europe to the Arab world and beyond—to join in.”

"We came to Bogotá to make history—and we did," said Colombian President Gustavo Petro. "Together, we have begun the work of ending the era of impunity."

He added, "These actions demonstrate that we will no longer allow international law to be treated as optional, or for Palestinian lives to be made disposable."