Ireland says will join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ
The Irish government says it plans to intervene in South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) before the year ends.
Ireland’s Foreign Minister Micheal Martin announced on Thursday just a day after the Irish parliament passed a non-binding motion agreeing that “genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in Gaza.”
South Africa filed a genocide case against Israel in December 2023 over its brutal war on the besieged Gaza Strip. According to South Africa’s application, Israel's actions in Gaza were “genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group."
On May 10, South Africa asked the ICJ to order a halt to the war in Gaza, particularly in the southern refugee-packed city of Rafah. The request came after Israel carried out ground incursions into Rafah in defiance of global warnings, forcing more than 800,000 people “to flee.”
On May 24, the ICJ ordered Israel to halt its aggression on Rafah, establish humanitarian corridors and allow the world body to investigate genocide.
“The government’s decision to intervene in the South African case was based on detailed and rigorous legal analysis. Ireland is a strong supporter of the work of the court and is deeply committed to international law and accountability,” Martin told lawmakers in the Irish parliament on Thursday.
Earlier, Ireland, which is among the most outspoken critics of Israel's current war, had stated that it would submit a filing to the court once South Africa provided a document backing its claims, which it did early this week.
On Monday, South Africa said that it had submitted a “memorial” to the ICJ, presenting “evidence” of a “genocide” carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip.
According to the office of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the document cannot be made public but is “over 750 pages of text, supported by exhibits and annexes of over 4,000 pages.”
Earlier this year, Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua and Libya asked the ICJ for intervention in support of the South African case against Israel.
Israel launched a genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group carried out a historic operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
So far, the occupying regime has killed at least 43,391 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 102,347 others, in Gaza.
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