Legal Affairs
“We are fighting terrorists, and we are fighting lies,” stated the Israeli prime minister in a video statement.
Pretoria demanded that the ICJ order an immediate end to IDF operations in Gaza • Israeli FM calls proceedings “the greatest show of hypocrisy in history.”
Israel’s legal team will be given three hours on Friday morning to refute South Africa’s accusations.
Legal observers split on whether the Jewish state should take part in the proceedings at the ICJ.
“MK Cassif’s treasonous words can no longer be heard while the blood of our soldiers and citizens screams from the ground,” MK Oded Forer said.
The government’s choice of one of its biggest opponents has surprised observers and has met with mixed reactions from ministers.
Three jurists analyzed the situation and wrote that no such duty exists under international law.
“We find this submission meritless, counterproductive, completely without any basis in fact whatsoever,” said U.S. National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby.
“South Africa has made itself criminally complicit with Hamas’s campaign of genocide against our people.”
Dyab Abou Jahjah wants the ICC to investigate Akiva Van Koningsveld for “theft of land and property, embezzlement and threats” in Judea and Samaria.
Hamas praised Pretoria for filing a genocide suit against Israel at the International Court of Justice and called for other countries to do the same.
