Featured Image: “Palestinians carrying flags and banners gather at the Nelson Mandela Square to demonstrate in support of the genocide case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice, on January 10, 2024, in Ramallah, the West Bank” .(Issam Rimawi / Anadolu via Getty Images)
“Israel strongly denied the accusation, contending that it has a right to defend itself in response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas fighters, who killed around 1,200 people and took around 250 hostage.”
CNBC: “South Africa argued that Israel has committed and failed to prevent genocidal acts through killings, physical and mental harm, and the imposition of conditions “intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group.”
“South Africa’s legal case accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza has “global support,” the country’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana told CNBC Monday.”
“A two-day hearing last week at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands, saw South African lawyers lay out arguments alleging that Israel’s bombardment of Gaza that has caused massive casualties was tantamount to genocide.”
South Africa and the International Criminal Court
“Many countries in the world have followed suit,” says President Ramphosa.
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