Wide acceptance of the legal team of the Israeli Genocide case in South Africa+film
| The South African legal team in the case of Israel's genocide in Gaza was greeted by a crowd of people at the airport upon returning from The Hague. |
According to Fars International News Agency, the South African legal team that presented its genocide case against the Zionist regime at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) earlier this week, after returning from The Hague at the airport Johannesburg was greeted with cheers and adulation.
Released videos show crowds of fans gathered at OR Tambo International Airport to welcome the legal team. Many of the demonstrators showed their support for this case by holding the flags of South Africa and Palestine and supported the people of Gaza by chanting the slogans of “Free Palestine”. The greeters also held placards that read, “Not all heroes wear capes.”
Thembeka Ngokaitobi, one of the South African lawyers in the case, said in remarks to the welcome: “The struggle continues. This is an episode of a long struggle against some 75 years of occupation… This week we marked an important episode, but it was not the climax. This was a very important turning point in the world looking at the issue through a legal lens, but the overall struggle will continue beyond this… We are very happy to have been able to be a very small part of the courageous struggle of the Palestinian people.
Thousands of residents of the city of Johannesburg, on Saturday in front of the American consulate in this city They gathered and chanted slogans against the Zionist regime.
The demonstrators emphasized that the US has been supplying thousands of tons of weapons to the Zionist regime since the beginning of the war and that America is an accomplice of the Zionist regime in They considered the bombing of the Gaza Strip. “Roshan Dado”, one of the leaders of the boycott movement of the Zionist regime, said among the demonstrators: “Until it is ensured that a ceasefire is achieved in the Gaza Strip and Sufficient humanitarian aid has arrived there, our rally will continue here.”
The first hearing of South Africa’s complaint against Israel for the genocide in Gaza was held last Thursday.
The representative of South Africa emphasized in this court that the Zionist regime implements apartheid policies towards the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip.
The representative of South Africa He also stated: “Since 1948, Israel has systematically displaced and dispersed the Palestinian people and deliberately deprived them of their international right to self-determination… We are particularly concerned about Israel’s discriminatory laws and policies that It seeks apartheid of the Palestinian people”.
A few weeks ago, South Africa filed a petition with this court based in The Hague, demanding to investigate Israel’s accusation of committing genocide in the Gaza war.
In this 84-page complaint, South Africa states that Israel has violated the provisions of the “Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide”.
South Africa’s justice minister said on Friday that Israel has “disgracefully” failed to reject a complaint filed by South Africa regarding the genocide in Gaza.
Ronald Lamola said: “We are confident that we have made a compelling case, detailed in criminal detail by our lawyers, and Israel has failed miserably today.”
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