South Africa is calling on the International Court of Justice in The Hague to oblige Israeli authorities to immediately complete the military operation in the Gaza Strip. British lawyer and representative of the republican delegation Vaughan Low stated this at the hearings on Pretoria’s claim against the Jewish state. RIA News.
According to the agency, hearings on the relevant claim will be held in The Hague between January 11-12. While the South African delegation will speak on the first day of the hearings at the International Court of Justice, Israeli representatives will speak the next day.
“South Africa has asked the court to order Israel to immediately cease its military operations in and against Gaza,” Lowe said.
He added that only the fulfillment of these demands will allow the international community to organize the regular distribution of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian region. As the lawyer noted, this is the only way to prevent the unnecessary impact and destruction of the conflict on the lives of people in the Gaza Strip.
South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor in November statedThe Republic intends to support Palestine’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. According to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to the results of the hearings, the authority must recognize Israel as an apartheid state (policy of racial discrimination).
On 29 December, Pretoria filed its own lawsuit against the Jewish state in the court in The Hague. The document emphasized that Israeli authorities violated the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
formerly israel denied Cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip.