Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Thursday, announced that he opposes South Africa’s request to take Israel to court, saying that it shows that it is a “neutral world.”
South Africa has taken Israel to the International Court of Justice of the United Nations (UN) accusing it of committing genocide in the Palestinian territory of Gaza.
It is after it continues to send rockets to the Hamas group in this province that it attacked at the end of last year, killing more than 1200 people.
It is the United Nations High Court, which started hearing the complaint of South Africa this Thursday, where South Africa accuses Israel of starting a war against Hamas, saying that it will cause genocide against the Palestinians, Israel denies these allegations.
Although legal experts say that a decision on this claim will take some time or many years, South Africa will ask the International Court of Justice of the United Nations to order Israel to immediately stop the attacks on Gaza.
“South Africa’s hypocrisy knows no bounds,” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu told media in Tel Aviv.
He added: “Where was South Africa, when masses of people were killed and displaced in Syria and Yemen, by whom? They are the supporters of Hamas.”
Netanyahu also emphasized that Israel will continue to fight Hamas in order to defend the country and said that the Israeli army is “doing everything possible to prevent non-criminal violence.”
The Minister of Justice in South Africa, Ronald Lamola, in presenting to the court the accusations against Israel by his government, on this Thursday he is accompanied by a lawyer, said that the government of his country has proof that actions with Israel are provocations for Palestine for many years. .
They urged the judges to immediately impose sanctions on Israel, including an order to halt military operations in Gaza.
Minister Lamola said that on October 7, 2023, the attack of Hamas in Gaza in the South of Israel killed about 1,200 people and about 250 were taken hostage by the fighters, saying: “there is no reason for genocide if it is all of them.”
“We think that if the court does not do something to stop this, we will see more and more damage to Palestinian property,” he added.
Israel’s air, land and sea attacks on Gaza have killed more than 23,000 people, mostly women and children, according to the Ministry of Health, where Hamas has a base.
Only the court in showing those figures did not reveal the number of people killed on the side of civilians and soldiers.
