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Israel to defend itself against Gaza genocide allegations in top UN court

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South Africa has submitted a 5,000-page document to the International Court of Justice, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. The document, submitted on a Monday, alleges that Israel has a "special intent to commit genocide" against Palestinians. Israeli military has called on Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza, while Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has been recorded calling for the migration of Gaza's current inhabitants. South Africa's document is said to contain evidence showing how Israel has violated the genocide convention, according to the presidency. ICJ rulings are legally binding but the court has no concrete means to enforce them.

  1. ZA
    Cyril Ramaphosa
    African National Congress Party
    1. Israel's continued shredding of international law has imperiled the institutions of global governance that were established to hold all states accountable.
    2. 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.
  2. ZA
    Vusi Madonsela
    Department of International Relations and Cooperation
    1. The problem we have is that we have too much evidence.
  3. ZA
    Zane Dangor
    Department of International Relations and Cooperation
    1. The legal team will always say we need more time, there's more facts coming. But we have to say you have to stop now. You [have] got to focus on what you have.
  4. ZA
    Cathleen Powell
    University of Cape Town
    1. It is difficult to attribute the intent of officials to the state. You have to find something different on behalf of the state [of Israel] to show genocidal intent.
    2. If they can find genocidal statements from state officials and show that that directly led to a particular programme that led to destruction on the ground, then that's probably a very strong case, but it is a very difficult link to prove.

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sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.Le Monde
  3. 3.Daily Sabah
  4. 4.Agence France-Presse

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.US under Donald Trump
  3. 3.2024 US Presidential Election
  4. 4.Israel-Palestine Conflict
  5. 5.British Foreign Policy
  6. 6.Israel Foreign Policy
  7. 7.Islamic Terrorism
  8. 8.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
  9. 9.Israel-US Relations
  10. 10.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
  11. 11.Qatar Foreign Policy

countries

  1. 1.Bolivia, Plurinational State ofBO
  2. 2.ChileCL
  3. 3.ColombiaCO
  4. 4.SpainES
  5. 5.IsraelIL
  6. 6.LibyaLY
  7. 7.MexicoMX
  8. 8.Palestine, State ofPS
  9. 9.TurkeyTR
  10. 10.South AfricaZA

organizations

  1. 1.International Court of Justice
  2. 2.Department of International Relations and CooperationZA
  3. 3.HamasPS
  4. 4.University of Cape Town

persons

  1. 1.Cyril RamaphosaZA
  2. 2.Cathleen PowellZA
  3. 3.Itamar Ben GvirIL
  4. 4.Vusi MadonselaZA
  5. 5.Zane DangorZA

technicals

  1. 1.Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide
Israel to defend itself against Gaza genocide allegations in top UN court