South Africa has brought a case against Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. The South African government has submitted a comprehensive legal memorandum to the ICJ, accompanied by thousands of pages of evidence, claiming that Israel's actions demonstrate a deliberate intent to destroy the Palestinian population in Gaza.
Since launching the case at the ICJ , South Africa has approached the court four times, requesting interim measures to halt Israel ’s attacks on the occupied territory. Israel must convince the International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) that South Africa ’s assertions of intent of it committing genocide resulting in the death of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are without merit.
South Africa’s legal team filed hundreds of pages in its memorial to the ICJ in October, saying that it has presented a clear case to the United Nations’ top court in The Hague that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.South Africa’s filing at the ICJ includes 750 pages of primary text, along with more than 4,000 pages of exhibits and annexes, to demonstrate that Israel is intentionally seeking to destroy Palestinians in Gaza. The presidency said the evidence will show that undergirding Israel’s genocidal acts is the special intent to commit genocide, a failure by Israel to prevent incitement to genocide, to prevent genocide itself and its failure to punish those inciting and committing acts of genocide. “South Africa’s Memorial is a reminder to the global community to remember the people of Palestine, to stand in solidarity with them and to stop the catastrophe. “The devastation and suffering has been possible only because despite the ICJ and numerous UN bodies’ actions and interventions, Israel has failed to comply with its international obligations.”Israel must convince the ICJ that South Africa’s assertions of intent are without merit. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government previously said the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza was the fault of Hamas, and the high number of deaths was a function of how Hamas chose to conduct the war.“The glaring genocide in Gaza is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see,” the Presidency said, while Israel has failed to comply with its obligations and with emergency ICJ orders, issued before it fully considers SA’s cas
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