South Africa’s Justice Minister stresses necessity of applying int’l law to everyone
THE HAGUE, Jan. 12 (YPA) – The Minister of Justice and head of the team of lawyers in South Africa, Ronald Lamola, stressed on Thursday that the case filed by his country against the “Zionist entity” on charges of committing genocide in Gaza will be dealt with within the rule of international law.
Lamola said in his statement to Al-Mayadeen TV channel that this issue “will be able to put an end to Israeli exceptionalism,” pointing out that “laws must be applied to everyone.”
He stressed that what falls on South Africa also falls on “Israel,” as parties to the Genocide Convention, which has “a greater duty to prevent any genocide from occurring.”
On Thursday, the first hearing began at the International Court of Justice in the case filed by South Africa against “Israel” on charges of committing genocide in Gaza.
In its 84-page case, South Africa included evidence that “Israel” is killing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, causing severe psychological and physical harm, and creating living conditions “aimed at the physical annihilation of those in the Strip.”
The case refers to “Israel’s failure to provide food, water, medicine, fuel, shelter, and other humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip during the war, in addition to launching a continuous campaign of raids, which forced about 1.9 million Palestinians to evacuate their homes and killed more than 23,000 people, according to health authorities in Gaza.
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