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South Africa has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Israel is engaging in “genocidal acts” in Gaza.
“South Africa is gravely concerned with the plight of civilians caught in the present Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip due to the indiscriminate use of force and forcible removal of inhabitants,” it said.
The 84-page document states that the “acts and omissions by Israel” are “genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group”.
The application asks the ICJ for a hearing to take place next week and requests that a number “provisional measures” be indicated by the court, including that Israel cease all military activities in Gaza.
Lior Haiat, a spokesman for Israel’s foreign affairs ministry, said South Africa’s claim “constitutes despicable and contemptuous exploitation of the Court.”
He said South Africa was “cooperating with a terrorist organisation that is calling for the destruction of the State of Israel” and said Hamas was “responsible for the suffering of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by using them as human shields and stealing humanitarian aid from them”.
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South Africa has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Israel is engaging in “genocidal acts” in Gaza.
“South Africa is gravely concerned with the plight of civilians caught in the present Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip due to the indiscriminate use of force and forcible removal of inhabitants,” it said.
The 84-page document states that the “acts and omissions by Israel” are “genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group”.
The application asks the ICJ for a hearing to take place next week and requests that a number “provisional measures” be indicated by the court, including that Israel cease all military activities in Gaza.
Lior Haiat, a spokesman for Israel’s foreign affairs ministry, said South Africa’s claim “constitutes despicable and contemptuous exploitation of the Court.”
He said South Africa was “cooperating with a terrorist organisation that is calling for the destruction of the State of Israel” and said Hamas was “responsible for the suffering of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by using them as human shields and stealing humanitarian aid from them”.
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