 | diplomaticbriefing Jan 11 | South Africa accused Israel on Thursday of subjecting Palestinians to genocidal acts at the opening of hearings at the top U.N. court on a case the country brought against the Israeli military campaign in Gaza. Israel says the case is baseless. The following are reactions to the proceedings that began at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague: PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: "South Africa's case before the International Court of Justice… is a historic event in the process of the joint Palestinian and South African struggle in the face of the injustice and genocide." U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN: "The U.S. believes South Africa's genocide submission against Israel distracts the world from important efforts for peace and security." ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTRY: "Today we witnessed one of the greatest shows of hypocrisy in history and a series of baseless and false claims. South Africa…(is) ignoring the fact that Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel, murdered, executed, massacred, raped and kidnapped Israeli citizens, just because they were Israelis, in an attempt to carry out genocide. GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANNALENA BAERBOCK: "It is a fact that genocide preconditions the intention, to destroy or partly destroy a group because of their nationality, ethnicity, race or religion. I cannot detect any of this intention by Israel in its self-defence against an armed terror group Hamas. We will observe the hearing closely." LEBANON'S FOREIGN MINISTRY: ("We hope for a) fair and expeditious verdict that reflects respect for human values and rights, especially international humanitarian law." | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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