Details of South Africa’s evidence to prove Israel’s genocide in Gaza

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, “we are fighting against anthropomorphic animals”; “We will turn Gaza into a slaughterhouse” and “the Gaza Strip must disappear from the face of the earth.” Israel has become the International Court of Justice (The Hague Court).

The South African complaint states that the use of this language by Israeli officials, soldiers and supporters against Palestinians since the October 7 attacks. It is one of the evidences that shows Israel’s intention to commit genocide in Gaza.

Israeli officials have rejected this argument and tried to downplay it. They say that the use of such expressions was due to the shock caused by the attack by Hamas on October 7. However, human rights groups and activists in a conversation with the Associated Press say that this tone is one One of the inevitable side results is the decades-long rule of the Israelis over the Palestinians, which, of course, has intensified as a result of the war. They say that these statements by the Israelis, whose purpose is to dehumanize the Palestinians and commit violence against them, have never been taken into account. Words become actions. Phrases that normalize and legitimize crimes against civilians provide the social, political and moral foundations for doing such things.” It started last week at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

South Africa seeks to prove that Israel intends to commit genocide. The harsh statements of the Israeli officials are part of the evidence presented in this lawsuit.

The representative of South Africa emphasized in the first hearing of his country’s complaint that the Zionist regime has implemented apartheid policies against the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip.

The representative of South Africa stated: “Since 1948, Israel has systematically displaced and dispersed the Palestinian people and deliberately denied them their international right to self-determination. is… We are particularly concerned about Israel’s discriminatory laws and policies that seek to apartheid the Palestinian people”.

Statements Israelis

As ​​Israel began its ground offensive in Gaza in late October, Benjamin Netanyahu said in one of his televised speeches, quoting the Bible: “You must remember “Amalek” is the name of a nation in the Torah, which is said to attack Israel without reason, and because of this, it is angered by Jehovah, the God of Israel. . According to the book of the Torah, God commands the people of Israel to remember what Amalek did to them and to destroy all their members, even their women and children.

South Africa said that Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements show the intention of the Israeli regime to commit genocide against the Palestinians. Netanyahu rejected this argument a few days ago and claimed that it was a reference to Amalek overseeing Hamas and its attack.

Two days after the attack by Hamas, on October 9, Israeli minister Yoav Galant said when announcing the blockade of Gaza that Israel is “fighting with human shields.” The leader of Likud also wrote in his account on the X channel that the Israelis all have a common goal and that is to “wipe the Gaza Strip off the face of the earth.”

Eliyahu, Israel’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, who is a member of the right-wing “Jewish Power” party, suggested dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza and said that there are no civilians in this area who did not participate in the attack on Israel.

In addition to these, a video of Israeli soldiers was released during the ground attack on Gaza, which shows them singing songs with the theme of killing the people of Gaza.

On October 7, an Israeli journalist wrote on the X channel that if the 250 Israelis held hostage by Hamas are not returned, Gaza will become a “slaughterhouse”.

South Africa is also Statements by military officials and two Israeli singers have also indicated that they have uttered provocative words in this regard. He said: “The tone of systematic dehumanization can be seen here. Therefore, statements implying genocide are not new in the margin. They are woven into the politics of this country.”

South Africa is seeking a series of binding legal rulings declaring that Israel is in violation of its obligations under the Convention on the Prohibition of Genocide. Both Israel and South Africa are signatories to the convention, which authorizes the International Court of Justice as the UN’s highest legal authority to handle disputes.

Issuing such a ruling could take years. kill South Africa, on the other hand, is demanding a binding interim ceasefire order. A decision regarding this sentence may be announced in the coming weeks.

Israel’s response

“Malcolm Shaw” in the second session of the court in defense of Israel claimed that these statements were made by officials who do not have much role in political decisions. He also claimed that these are only “random statements” that are misleading to cite and were repeated by Netanyahu in some cases. In an interview with the Associated Press, Kel Israel said that these statements were dangerous and it would have been better if they had never been made.

Israel also claimed in the court session that the regime’s judicial system did not take action against these unacceptable statements. will do the necessary. But critics say that the speaker of these phrases has not been punished.

Two days before South Africa’s complaint was heard at the Gali Baharaf Miara court in The Hague, Israel’s attorney general said that calling for harm to Civilians are an example of a criminal offense and the Israeli authorities are investigating several cases in this regard. The imminence of the Hague Tribunal was discussed.

South Africa’s assessment of the Tribunal

Ronald Lamola said: “We “We are confident that we have made a convincing complaint, detailed in criminal detail by our lawyers, and Israel has failed miserably today,” the South African justice minister added. Persuasive facts have been provided to the court by the lawyers of this country and “the law is on our side.”