Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed South Africa over its genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague during its war against Hamas in Gaza on Thursday. \u201cWe are fighting terrorists, and we are fighting lies. Today, again, we saw an upside-down world in which the State of Israel is accused of genocide at a time when it is fighting genocide,\u201d Netanyahu said in a statement.<\/p>\n
He said that Israel is fighting against \u201cterrorists,\u201d as he referenced Hamas, and added that the group has committed horrific crimes against humanity since the October 7 assault. Netanyahu said, \u201cIsrael is fighting against murderous terrorists who committed horrific crimes against humanity: they slaughtered, they raped, they burned, they dismembered, they beheaded\u2013children, women, the elderly, young men and young women.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA terrorist organisation carried out the worst crime against the Jewish people since the Holocaust, and now someone comes to defend it in the name of the Holocaust. What brazen gall! The world is upside down,\u201d he added, as he lambasted South Africa over its ICJ case. The Israeli Prime Minister further questioned South Africa of its case when millions of people were being murdered and uprooted from their homes in Syria and Yemen.<\/p>\n
In his statement, according to the Israeli Prime Minister\u2019s office, Netanyahu said, \u201cAnd the IDF, the most moral army in the world, which does everything to avoid harming non-combatants, stands accused \u2013 by the representatives of these monsters \u2013 of genocide. South Africa\u2019s hypocrisy screams to the high Heavens.\u201d \u201cWhere was South Africa when millions of people were being murdered and uprooted from their homes in Syria and Yemen, by whom? By Hamas\u2019s partners. The world is upside down. Where were you?\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n
Netanyahu said that Israel \u201cwill continue to fight the terrorists\u201d and also continue to refute the lies. \u201cWe know where we are. We will continue to fight the terrorists. We will continue to refute the lies. We will continue to uphold our just right to defend ourselves and to ensure our future \u2013 until total victory,\u201d Netanyahu said. Proceedings began on Thursday in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, where Israel is being accused of committing \u201cgenocidal\u201d acts during its war against Hamas in Gaza, The Times of Israel reported.<\/p>\n
South Africa has lodged an urgent appeal to the ICJ to force Israel to \u201cimmediately suspend\u201d its military operations in the Strip. South Africa has based its accusation both on actions taken by Israel throughout the war and controversial comments made by Israeli officials regarding Palestinians in Gaza and how they should be treated. At the ICJ, South Africa\u2019s Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that Palestinians have suffered at the hands of Israel since 1948. \u201cThe violence and the destruction in Palestine did not begin on October 7, they have experienced violence for the last 76 years,\u201d Lamola said, as per The Times of Israel.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the Gaza Strip since 2004 Israel exercises control over land crossings, civilian infrastructure. Entry and exit to Gaza is strictly prohibited, with Israel operating the only entry points,\u201d he said. \u201cGaza is still considered to be under occupation by international law,\u201d he said. He further said: \u201cSouth Africa unilaterally condemned the targeting of civilians by Hamas and taking of hostages on October 7, 2023. That said, no attack, however serious, can justify breaches to the convention whether as a matter of law or morality.\u201d \u201cIsrael has crossed this line, and breached the [genocide] convention,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is why South Africa has filed this case.\u201d The Israel-Hamas war began following the October 7 Hamas terror onslaught in which some 1,200 people in Israel were killed and approximately 240 kidnapped and held hostage in Gaza, mainly civilians. An attorney for South Africa puts forward the accusation that Israel is committing \u201cacts of genocide\u201d during its war against the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip. \u201cSouth Africa contends that Israel has transgressed Article II of the convention, by actions which show a systematic pattern of conduct from which genocide can be inferred,\u201d said Adila Hassim, as per The Times of Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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