Israel accuses SA of making a mockery of the Genocide Convention - SABC News

The State of Israel has asked the International Court of Justice to reject South Africa’s request for additional provisional measures against it over its conduct in the war in Gaza. Israel’s legal team pushed back at what it called South Africa’s egregious efforts to distort the facts of the war in Gaza before Justices of the Court.

Israel also complained that it was unable to secure its preferred legal team for the public hearing given the short notice it received from the Court. He laid out key points of rebuttal, that Israel was engaged in a war it did not want or start and was defending itself from a brutal attack against its citizens by Hamas, who for more than 224 days continues to hold more than 120 hostages captive.

at Israel, further accusing South Africa of being an ally of Hamas and seeking to gain for the group a military advantage through this ICJ process and that violations of the rules of war were common in armed conflict but that Israel had a robust legal system to investigate and ensure accountability. Israel also rejected South Africa’s criticism that it had shut down main entry points for life saving aid into Gaza.

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