South Africa is attempting to postpone the deadline for which it would have to submit its evidence at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague due to a lack of evidence pointing to genocide in Gaza, according to KAN news on Tuesday.
South Africa is required to submit its evidence by October 28. However, the report noted that it is now attempting to add a few more months to the timeline.
On Monday, Walla reported, citing a classified memo from the Foreign Ministry, that Israel was seeking the help of US Congress in applying pressure on South Africa to halt proceedings against it.
Public hearing held by ICJ to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024. (credit: PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW/REUTERS)
South Africa's genocide case against Israel
In late December, South Africa filed a complaint at the ICJ, charging that Israel had violated the United Nations 1948 convention on the prevention of genocide. It accused Israel of committing genocide during its operations in the Gaza Strip in the framework of the Israel-Hamas War.
In May, the ICJ ordered Israel to stop any military operation in Rafah that destroys the Palestinian people in “whole or in part."
However, the court did not order the IDF to withdraw from Gaza or end its military operation in it.
Tovah Lazaroff and Rina Bassist contributed to this report.
StuTaylor on September 10th, 2024 at 11:08 UTC »
South African here.
There were a number of reasons for South Africa to lay the charges of genocide.
There were National elections coming up, the ruling ANC was facing defeat and was aiming for the large Muslim vote.
The ANC will back anyone who is anti-USA
South Africa has close relations with Iran and Russia
Reasons for the delay in preventing evidence is either there is no evidence or more than likely the ANC is incapable of doing anything in a reasonable amount of time. Things most countries will do in a month will take South Africa a year.
actsqueeze on September 10th, 2024 at 11:02 UTC »
Why is this the only article I can find on this, and it doesn’t source any of its claims?
It cites a “lack of evidence” but then doesn’t say where that information came from or provide any pertinent links. Seems a bit short on information
Cannot-Forget on September 10th, 2024 at 10:39 UTC »
The article writes about South Africa's allegations against Israel in the ICJ UN court. It seems that the deadline to give evidence of the "Genocide" they claim is happening is taking more time than expected.
Which is odd considering this "Genocide" is going on for about a full year now, with thousands of aid workers on site and pretty much uninterrupted internet and smartphone footage coming out of there.