Israel’s order to the embassies: we should not be accused of genocide in the Hague court

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, the concerns in Occupied Palestine are serious about the possibility of the Israeli regime being convicted of genocide at the Hague Court, and the media close to the regime have reported that Tel Aviv has started a campaign to avoid this condemnation. .

The Axios website, close to the sources of the Zionist regime, reported on Friday evening that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this regime has ordered its embassies to pressurize diplomats and politicians in their respective countries to oppose South Africa’s complaint.

Last week, in its complaint to the International Court of Justice, South Africa asked this court based in The Hague to investigate the crimes committed by the Israeli regime in the genocide in Gaza.

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South Africa stated in its 84-page complaint that Israel’s military operation in Gaza violates the regime’s obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention. In that convention, genocide is defined as committing acts aimed at the total or partial destruction of an ethnic, racial or religious group.

Israel quickly called this case “baseless” and it denied it, but unlike the previous complaints in international courts, this time he has to appear before the Hague Court to deal with the accusations because he has signed the Convention against Genocide.

It will be held on January 11 and 12 at the headquarters of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. South Africa asked the Hague Court to issue an order to stop Israel’s attacks on Gaza while this case is considered.

Axius website reported that the Israeli Foreign Ministry wrote in a message to its embassies, “Strategic target Israel’s request is that this court rejects South Africa’s request for a judicial ruling and does not declare Israel’s actions in Gaza as an example of genocide. This message also states that the court should be convinced that Israel’s operation in the Gaza Strip is carried out according to international law. Gaza has emphasized that the actions of the regime’s army are not in accordance with international laws.

In the message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel to the embassies, the possibility of issuing a verdict has been strongly expressed: “Issuing a verdict by the court can have significant potential consequences that are not only limited to the world of law, but this process can have bilateral, multilateral, economic and security consequences.”

This message states: We want to issue an immediate and clear statement with the following content: that you publicly and clearly declare that your country rejects the disgusting, ridiculous and baseless claim made against Israel.”

The document also asked the embassies to emphasize what it called Israel’s efforts to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza and reduce the number of civilian casualties. The document instructs embassies to ask diplomats and politicians at the highest levels to “publicly state that Israel, while acting to defend itself after the October 7 attacks, is cooperating with a terrorist organization to increase the delivery of humanitarian aid to and from Gaza.” It is to minimize civilian casualties.”

Israeli ambassadors should have such statements from other countries before the court hearings begin on January 11.

The deep concern of the Israeli authorities has already been mentioned by the Zionist media. A few days ago, Haaretz newspaper reported that an Israeli legal expert has warned high-ranking commanders of the Israeli army, especially “Herzi Halevi”, the head of the joint staff of this regime, about the possibility of issuing a verdict in the International Court of Justice and warned them of the dangers of such a verdict. .

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