The ICJ Court begins to hear the case of South Africa against Israel

 The International Court of Justice with headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands on Thursday and Friday is listening and collecting the legal views of South Africa and the Zionist regime regarding the case of genocide in the Gaza Strip. One of the court's activities is to deal with charges related to the Genocide Convention of 1948. The Convention is officially recognized by 153 countries. South Africa's Ministry of Justice announced in its statement that the first hearing of the country's charges against Israel will be held on January 11 and 12. According to the statement, Ronald Lamola, South Africa's Minister of Justice, is leading a delegation of lawyers from that country in The Haque. In addition to the case of genocide, South Africa has also submitted a request to the International Court of Justice to consider temporary measures or to prevent the repetition of the crime. The country has asked the court to issue an order to force Israel to stop all its military actions in Gaza. This is an emergency case that the court will deal with first. The headquarters of the Court of Justice in The Hague As one of the member states of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, South Africa has undertaken to prevent the occurrence of genocide.

Therefore, in a special session held on December 8, 2023, the South African Cabinet asked the International Court of Justice to order Israel, which is also a member of it, to refrain from taking any criminal action that is against the court's agreement. In relation to the issue, on December 29, 2023, a request was submitted to the International Court of Justice, where the court was asked to quickly declare that according to the Convention on the Prevention of Genocide, Israel is violating its obligations and must immediately stop the crime and respect the agreement international. The International Court of Justice agreed with South Africa's complaint about Israel's violation of the agreement. It is on that basis that South Africa opened a case against Israel based on the Convention on the Prevention of Genocide. Elon Levy, the Spokesman of the Council of Ministers of the illegal Israeli regime said that it will defend itself properly in the case. At the same time, the United States, which is Israel's strategic partner, supports Tel Aviv in relation to the South African case where John Kirby, the spokesman for the national security council at the White House, has called the case "worthless and without any evidence." South Africa has named the Zionist regime as the perpetrator of the crime and genocide in Gaza. In the 84-page file of South Africa, it is stated that Israel's actions have the identity of genocide because they are carried out with the aim of eradicating the generation of Palestinians in Gaza. The file of the case has clearly stated that acts of genocide include the killing of Palestinians, causing serious mental and physical harm and intentionally creating an environment with the aim of physically destroying one group or tribe. South Africa has emphasized that the statements and statements of Israeli leaders show the intention to carry out genocide in the region. Juliet McIntyre, a law lecturer at the University of South Australia, said the South African case is very inclusive and has been prepared with great care. He continued to say, the case has been prepared in such a way that it will respond to any objections that may be made by Israel and it has taken into account any claims that may be made about the court not having the authority to deal with the case.

Before opening the case, Pretoria had discussed the issue with Tel Aviv in various ways where it was faced with negative responses from the Zionist administration in the field. Following the action of South Africa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel in its statement on December 29 issued a statement regarding the matter. Tel Aviv, in addition to opposing the accusations, considered South Africa's filing against it in the International Court of Justice to be a baseless slander without any legal value and claimed that it was following international law in its war against Hamas in Gaza. Genocide of the Zionists against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip The important point is that some countries have shown interest in joining the charges following South Africa's complaint against the Zionist regime in the International Court of Justice. Petra de Sutter, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium, said that she will propose that her country join South Africa's complaint against Israel's genocide in Gaza. Ziyad Daghim, the Libyan Ambassador to the Netherlands has also announced that his country will join the South African case against the Zionist regime and said: "The embassy will continue to consult and provide the necessary support to the South African legal team in the Netherlands. South Africa's charges against Israel in the International Court of Justice have paved the way for other countries to sue the administration in international courts, including the International Criminal Court (ICC), considering the large and unprecedented crimes committed by Israel against innocent Palestinians. in the Gaza Strip. Especially considering that 23,000 Palestinians have been martyred and about 60,000 others have been injured, most of them women and children following brutal attacks by Zionist soldiers in the area.

 Following the continuing crimes of the apartheid regime of Israel against the innocent Palestinians, last week South Africa officially sued the regime in the International Court of Justice in The Hague . South Africa's main accusations are war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and other occupied Palestinian territories . In its lawsuit, South Africa wants the ICJ to compel Israel to stop its military operations in Gaza, where it says Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians, and for the ICJ to consider Israel's actions on the Palestinian land under the International Convention on Prohibition genocide passed in 1948 . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The ICJ court today is expected to hear South Africa's arguments and that, tomorrow Friday, the court will hear Israel's responses. The decision to take emergency measures is expected to be made later this month . South Africa is one of the African countries that, since the start of Israel's terrorist attacks against the Palestinians, have condemned and condemned the barbaric actions of the Zionists against the defenseless citizens of Gaza. Most of the countries that were ruled for many years by the West and faced colonialism, exploitation and racism along with condemning Israel's crimes, have wanted to end the atrocities being done to the besieged citizens of Gaza.