{"id":377836,"date":"2023-12-31T10:26:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T05:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=377836"},"modified":"2023-12-31T10:26:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T05:26:08","slug":"south-africa-files-case-at-icj-accusing-israel-of-genocidal-acts-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/south-africa-files-case-at-icj-accusing-israel-of-genocidal-acts-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa files case at ICJ accusing Israel of \u2018genocidal acts\u2019 in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Gaza Strip<br \/>\nSouth Africa has filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza after nearly three months of relentless Israeli bombardment has killed more than 21,500 people and caused widespread destruction in the besieged enclave.<br \/>\nIn an application to the court on Friday, South Africa described Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza as \u201cgenocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cThe acts in question include killing Palestinians in Gaza, causing them serious bodily and mental harm, and inflicting on them conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction,\u201d the application said.<br \/>\nThe ICJ, also called the World Court, is a UN civil court that adjudicates disputes between countries. It is distinct from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which prosecutes individuals for war crimes.<br \/>\nAs members of the UN, both South Africa and Israel are bound by the court.<br \/>\nSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa has compared Israel\u2019s policies in Gaza and the occupied West Bank with his country\u2019s past apartheid regime of racial segregation imposed by the white-minority rule that ended in 1994.<br \/>\nSeveral human rights organisations have said that Israeli policies towards Palestinians amount to apartheid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaza Strip South Africa has filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza after nearly three months of relentless Israeli bombardment has killed more than 21,500 people and caused widespread destruction in the besieged enclave. 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