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South Africa has filed its Memorial to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today, 28 October 2024, in its case on the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel). https://t.co/Xedm9ZW6LQ
— The Presidency 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) October 28, 2024
South Africa’s Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusi Madonsela delivering South Africa’s Memorial to the International Court of Justice.
The boxes contain 62 copies of the Memorial.
Each set contains the Memorial, the Annexes and the complete documents folder.
South Africa has… pic.twitter.com/5AXcgBPbSw
— The Presidency 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) October 28, 2024
Proud of my country, South Africa, as it presents its Memorial at the ICJ today to include extensive forensic evidence and legal arguments to substantiate its claims of genocide. Despite living under occupation themselves, Palestine did not stop supporting us until we were free. pic.twitter.com/yGTMJQ2Sdj
— @Doreen Morris🇿🇦🇵🇸🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩 (@DoreenMorris) October 28, 2024
We Love South Africa 🇿🇦
South Africa is set to submit a detailed memorial against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday, aiming to substantiate its case that Israel is committing genocide in Palestine, diplomatic sources confirmed to Anadolu on Sunday pic.twitter.com/hXWjtsHYql
— Ryan Rozbiani (@RyanRozbiani) October 28, 2024
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South Africa submits 750 pages of evidence in genocide case against Israel
The evidence includes recent statements by senior Israeli officials endorsing the ethnic cleansing of Gaza to build Jewish settlements atop the destruction
THE CRADLE NEWS DESK
OCT 28, 2024
South Africa’s legal team on 28 October submitted hundreds of documents to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) offering “undeniable evidence” of acts of genocide committed in Gaza by the Israeli army and statements by authorities that carry genocidal intent.
“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,” a statement from Pretoria says.
(Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images)“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,” the statement added.
Officials say that the submission, also called a memorial, is presented in more than 750 pages of text, in addition to over 4,000 pages of annexes.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, officials said they are confident that the hundreds of pages of evidence are “more than enough” to sustain their case. “The problem we have is that we have too much evidence,” Ambassador Vusimuzi Madonsela, South Africa’s representative to The Hague, told the Qatari news organization.
Some of the evidence submitted includes public statements made last week by senior members of the Israeli government at a conference named “Preparing to Settle in Gaza,” which was organized by the extremist Nachala Settlement Movement and promoted by Israel’s ruling Likud party.
“[We will] tell them, ‘We are giving you the chance, leave from here to other countries’,” National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said during the conference. “The Land of Israel is ours,” he stressed.
Israel is currently trying to expel tens of thousands of Palestinians who remain in northern Gaza as part of an extermination campaign that seeks to transform the region into a military zone under the Generals’ Plan.
On 26 January, the ICJ ruled it was plausible that Israel had breached the Genocide Convention and ordered the government to ensure that its army refrained from genocidal acts against Palestinians. In response, Israel significantly intensified its ethnic cleansing campaign, including blocking the entry of humanitarian aid to the strip.
International NGO Oxfam on 1 October reported that the Israeli army has killed more children and women in Gaza during the past year than in the equivalent period of any other war this century.
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Featured image source: https://www.ewn.co.za/2024/10/28/sa-govt-to-file-memorial-with-icj-in-genocide-matter-against-israel
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