S. Africa files GENOCIDE case against Israel

South Africa files case against Israel at Int'l Court of Justice over "genocidal" war on Gaza

(Democracy Now!) Jan. 2, 2024: Latest Shows. Support: democracynow.org/give. South Africa has filed a case at the main judicial body for the United Nations, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

"I believe South Africa will win an order against Israel to cease and desist from committing all acts of genocide against the Palestinians," says Francis Boyle, an international human rights lawyer who won two requests at the ICJ under the Genocide Convention of 1948 for provisional protection on behalf of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina against Yugoslavia.

Boyle says Israel has a history of listening to the United States' orders to stop its assaults on the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

"We here in the United States of America have the power to stop this."

• Jewish Voice for Peace (jvp.org)
• Max Blumenthal (The Gray Zone)
• Max Blumenthal on KPFK (Pacifica)
• IfNotNowMovement.com
• IDF soldiers confess: BreakingTheSilence.org.il
• Max Blumenthal and more on David Barsamian's Alternative Radio

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