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‘18 Boxes’: South Africa files dossier at ICJ proving Israeli crimes

South Africa Tuesday October 29, 2024 filed at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) 18 boxes full of documents in support of its case against Israel which it accused has violated the Genocide Convention during its ongoing war in Gaza and other occupied Palestinian territories.

Thursday October 31, 2024 0:15 AM, ummid.coom News Network

[South Africa’s Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusi Madonsela delivering South Africa's Memorial to the International Court of Justice. (Photo: via @PresidencyZA TW page)]

The Hague: South Africa Tuesday October 29, 2024 filed at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) 18 boxes full of documents in support of its case against Israel which it accused has violated the Genocide Convention during its ongoing war in Gaza and other occupied Palestinian territories.

South Africa had approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in December last accusing the far right Zionist regime of committing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

Following the South Africa petition, the world court at The Hague has two times - first time in January and later in March, announced provisional measures ordering Israel to refrain from killing the civilians and ensure aid to the displaced residents.

The Zionist regime after every ICJ order instead had intensified its barbarism, expanding its war to Lebanon and banning the UNRWA – the UN aid agency which looked after the relief work for the Palestinians in Gaza.

Meanwhile, the UN court had asked South Africa to submit documental and other evidences in support of its charges against Israel by October 30, 2024.

"Special intent to commit genocide"

Responding to this, the South African lawyers Tuesday October 29, 2024 submitted 780 pages supported by exhibits and annexes of over 4,000 pages packed in 18 boxes.

"South Africa has filed its Memorial to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today in its case on the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)", the office of President of South Africa said in a statement.

"The filing of this memorial takes place at a time when Israel is intensifying the killing of civilians in Gaza and now seems intent to follow a similar path of destruction in Lebanon", the President's office said.

The President's office further said that the evidence will show that undergirding Israel’s genocidal acts is the special intent to commit genocide, a failure by Israel to prevent incitement to genocide, to prevent genocide itself and its failure to punish those inciting and committing acts of genocide.

"The evidence is detailed in over 750 pages of text, supported by exhibits and annexes of over 4,000 pages. South Africa’s Memorial is a reminder to the global community to remember the people of Palestine, to stand in solidarity with them and to stop the catastrophe", the office said.

"The devastation and suffering has been possible only because despite the ICJ and numerous UN bodies’ actions and interventions, Israel has failed to comply with its international obligations", it said.

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