Israel’s deep concern about the possibility of being convicted of “genocide” at the Hague Tribunal

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the South African government has announced that it has filed a complaint against the Israeli regime to the International Court of Justice regarding the “commitment of genocide” in Gaza; An action that has caused deep concern at the security and political levels in Tel Aviv.

According to Haaretz newspaper, an Israeli legal expert in recent days regarding the possibility of issuing a sentence in the International Court of Justice to the commanders. The high-ranking Israeli army, especially the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of this regime, Herzi Halevi, has warned them about the dangers of such a sentence. They are preparing to face South Africa’s complaint, and Israel’s Foreign Ministry is also going to hold a meeting about this issue today.

Haaretz newspaper quoted international law experts and wrote that this action may be Confirmation of previous claims related to Israel’s genocide crimes would lead to international isolation and sanctions or the adoption of escalating steps against this regime.

Haaretz noted that unlike the court The Hague International Criminal Court deals with procedures against individuals and entities, the International Court of Justice deals with legal and judicial disputes between countries. In the meantime, Israel does not recognize the jurisdiction of the Criminal Court, which is investigating war crimes committed by this regime, but on the other hand, it is one of the signatories of the Convention on the Prohibition of Genocide, according to which the Court of Justice is supposed to to pay the complaint presented by South Africa.

According to the law of the International Court of Justice, any country has the right to file a complaint against another country that has signed the convention, even if the party itself is not the victim.

South Africa, on Friday evening, complained to the International Court of Justice against the Israeli regime for killing the Palestinian people.

According to the report published by The International Court of Justice, South Africa has declared: “Israel’s actions and omissions have the character of genocide because these actions were accompanied by specific intentions… to destroy the Palestinians of Gaza as part of the great national, racial and ethnic group, the Palestinians.”

Following this complaint, Tel Aviv responded to South Africa’s action in a statement, claiming that South Africa’s complaint has no “legal basis”. The Foreign Ministry of this regime claimed: “South Africa cooperates with a terrorist group that wants to destroy Israel”. Haaretz newspaper said that the Israeli authorities should not take the South African government’s complaint lightly. According to him, the decisions of the International Court of Justice have a high weight based on international laws and its rulings shape the international community’s view. The sea is heavily bombarding the Gaza area; So far, more than 1.5 million people have been displaced, and about 22,000 people have been martyred, and 7,000 people are missing and remain under the rubble.

In this regard, not long ago, Francesca Albanese, the UN human rights representative in the occupied Palestinian territories, said that Israel does not value the lives of the people of Gaza under the pretext of destroying Hamas. He described the actions and behavior of the Zionist regime towards the Palestinians, especially in Gaza, as the barbarity of the century and addressing the Western countries, he said: The silence of the West regarding what is happening to the Palestinians has reached the stage of complicity [with Israel].

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