Consequences of South Africa’s legal complaint against the Zionist regime in the International Court of Justice

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, at the end of December 2023, South Africa took an action in the field of international law, which made the Zionists and all its allies, especially the United States, very angry. This action, which was presented in the International Court of Justice, was so shocking for the Zionists that it made them react as soon as it was presented in this international legal institution. On the other hand, the effectiveness of this action also excited the supporters of Palestine, and a group of Palestinian-friendly countries joined South Africa and announced their support for this action.

A look at South Africa’s action has raised the issue of non-compliance with the Convention against Genocide. The Zionist regime became a member of this convention in 1948. Citing the actions of the Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip during the Al-Aqsa storm battle, South Africa has declared the Zionist regime a violator of this convention and demands the following two legal measures.

First, the request for an end to the attacks of the Zionist regime on the Gaza Strip, or a ceasefire, which is an example of the same genocide that South Africa cited. If this measure is approved by the court, it will be implemented in a short time, within a few days, and the court will ask the Zionist regime to stop its actions.

Second, the request to condemn the Zionist regime as a violator of the Genocide Convention, which may take several years to investigate. But after that, the Zionist regime will face many punishments. The important point in this section is that if the Zionist regime is condemned in this section and does not comply with the issued orders, it will face official international isolation and expulsion from international forums.

 South African References

The documents that South Africa presented to the International Court of Justice include two categories of actions by the Zionist regime. In fact, South Africa introduces two categories of acts of the Zionist regime as examples of genocide that violate the Convention against Genocide:

A. Military attacks by the Zionist regime against civilians,

B. Preventive measures by the Zionist regime against the arrival of aid Humanitarian.

The reaction of the Zionist regime

After South Africa’s move to file a petition against the regime Zionist in the Hague court, we immediately saw the strong stance of the Zionist regime. The authorities of the Zionist regime immediately condemned South Africa’s action and tried to take countermeasures in a short time. The first of them was introducing a judge to attend the court session. According to the rules of the International Court of Justice, the party against whom a lawsuit has been filed can introduce a judge to the court to be present in the court’s gathering of judges during the session.

In the second step, they tried to do the same thing. The Zionists said they plan to make the same accusation against South Africa, arguing that South Africa has violated the Genocide Convention due to its support for Hamas, which the Zionists consider a terrorist organization and which they claim committed genocide on October 7.

The third step of the Zionists was to encourage their supporters to put pressure on South Africa. At this stage, the supporters of the Zionist regime, including the United States, strongly condemned South Africa’s action in the International Court of Justice. In the next step, senior Tel Aviv officials activated lobbies and Zionist organizations in different parts of the world. These lobbies took protest measures such as demonstrations and strikes in different parts of the world, including in South Africa, to put pressure on South Africa before presenting the petition.

 Court Session 

The court session was held on Thursday and Friday, 21st and 22nd of January. On the first day, South Africa attended with a delegation of judges and lawyers headed by “Ronald Lamola”, the Minister of Justice of this country, and by presenting the documents mentioned above, they presented their petition against the Zionist regime.

On the second day, the Zionist regime presented its defense in a panel headed by Malcolm Shaw. The Zionists claimed that South Africa has close relations with Hamas. They said in a ridiculous claim that before the attack, they inform the residents of the areas with audio warnings and announcements. Meanwhile, the Zionists are targeting even the areas that they declared as safe passage and humanitarian routes.

 concerns of Zionists 

It does not seem that the Zionists will be acquitted by this court and a significant punishment awaits them. Knowing this, the Zionists have two major concerns:

First that when they plan to continue ground operations And they are reviewing the control of the land in the Gaza Strip, and the Americans are also asking them to carry out targeted attacks, the short-term judgment of the court to end the war and genocide will put them in a difficult situation. In this situation, if they stop the operation, they will be accused of fear and retreat in front of their public opinion inside the occupied territories, and if they don’t stop the operation, they will have to wait for international punishment, which will greatly increase their isolation.

Second, If their genocide is proven in the long-term process, while their case is blackened at the global level, the perpetrators of this Genocide – which is mainly the military and political authorities of the Zionist regime – will be condemned. This conviction will result in both international punishment for them and the introduction of the trial of these people in the war crimes court; A problem that has been experienced by the Zionists several times. prepares to confront the Goldstone 2 report