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ISRAEL PROMISES TO FIGHT SOUTH AFRICA GENOCIDE ACCUSATION AT ICJ

South Africa launched case against Israel, saying the magnitude of death and
destruction in Gaza meets the threshold of the 1948 Genocide Convention.


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Israel will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague
to contest South Africa’s accusation that it is committing genocide against
Palestinians in its war with Hamas, an Israeli government spokesman says.

South Africa launched the case against Israel on Friday, saying the magnitude of
death, destruction and the extent of the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip
meets the threshold of the 1948 Genocide Convention under international law.


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South Africa also asked the court to order Israel to stop its attacks in Gaza.

A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused
South Africa of “giving political and legal cover” to the October 7 Hamas
attacks on Israel, which triggered the three-month-long war.

“The state of Israel will appear before the International Court of Justice at
The Hague to dispel South Africa’s absurd blood libel,” Eylon Levy said.

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“We assure South Africa’s leaders, history will judge you, and it will judge you
without mercy,” Levy added.

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The spokesperson said Hamas was responsible for the war it started and was
“waging from inside and underneath hospitals, schools, mosques, homes and UN
facilities”.


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For decades, South Africa has backed the Palestinian cause for statehood. It has
likened the treatment of Palestinians to those of the Black majority in South
Africa during the apartheid era, a comparison that Israel vehemently denies.

Clayson Monyela, a spokesperson for South Africa’s Department of International
Relations and Cooperation, said in a post on X that lawyers representing South
Africa were preparing for the hearing scheduled for January 11 and 12.

(Al Jazeera)

The announcement comes as fierce fighting continues in southern Gaza with
Israeli forces bombarding the city of Khan Younis from the air and ground.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said on Tuesday that Israeli forces hit its
headquarters in Khan Younis, resulting in several deaths and injuries among the
displaced people who had been sheltering there.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Tuesday that more than 200
people had been killed in 24 hours, taking the death toll from the Israeli
assault on Gaza to more than 22,000.

Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies

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