South Africa asked the top U.N. court to order a halt to the Rafah offensive as part of its case in The Hague accusing Israel of genocide, saying the country ‘must be stopped’.
Israel, which has denounced South Africa's claim that it is violating the 1949 Genocide Convention as baseless, will respond on Friday.
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Israel, which has denounced South Africa's claim that it is violating the 1949 Genocide Convention as baseless, will respond on Friday.
#southafrica #un #israel #gaza #thehague #rafah
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00:00 When we last appeared before this court to halt this genocidal process, to preserve Palestine and its people,
00:09 instead, Israel's genocide has continued apace and has just reached a new and horrific stage.
00:19 Israel has sought to hide its crimes through the weaponization of international humanitarian law.
00:26 It pretends that the civilians it ruthlessly kills through its 2,000 pound bombs,
00:34 through its targeted airstrikes, through its artificial intelligence systems, through its executions, are human shields.
00:44 This whitewashing of Israel's genocide misses the key and fundamental element,
00:50 that of the massive and still mounting evidence of Israel's genocidal intent.