Israel has accused South Africa of presenting to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) a “deeply distorted factual and legal picture” of the reality of its war in Gaza, which it defined as a response “to the largest calculated mass murder of Jews this year” a day since Holocaust,” the October 7 attack by the Islamist group Hamas.
Israel's agent Tal Becker assured this at a hearing on Friday before the International Court of Justice The “wholeness” of the case presented by South Africa “depends on a manipulative, decontextualized and deliberately assembled description of the reality of current hostilities” in Gazawhere the Israeli offensive has cost the lives of more than 23,300 civilians.
Becker warned: “If there have been acts that can be described as genocide, then they were committed against Israel.” “The largest mass murder calculated in a single day since the Holocaust.”
The Israeli government intervenes this Friday before the International Court of Justice in The Hague to defend itself against the accusations of South Africa, which yesterday requested interim measures against Israel for “violation” of the Convention against Genocide through its “conduct” in the Gaza Strip.
He finds South Africa's request astonishing
The Israeli legal team has also described South Africa's request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to impose precautionary measures against Israel, including the “immediate cessation of military activities” in Gaza, as “astonishing” and assured that this would remain “the other thing”. The conflicting party is allowed to continue its attacks.
Attorney Christopher Staker opined that “this request is frankly astonishing” and explained that “a state that is not a party to the conflict makes a request for precautionary measures requiring the unilateral suspension of military operations by a single party to the conflict.” Conflict, so that the other party is free to continue its attacks.
In addition, he warned that “the picture that South Africa showed yesterday of the war in Gaza consisted of “several isolated incidents” that were “not evidence of the intent of the entire military operation as a whole” and rejected the accusation of “genocide.” back ” presented yesterday by the South African team.