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NIAS Area Studies
AFRICA MONITOR
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IN BRIEF
By Anu Maria Joseph
South Africa: Files case against Israel in ICJ over “genocide” in Gaza
On 29 December, South Africa filed a case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing of “genocide” in Gaza. The country described Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnic group.” It added: “The acts in question include killing Palestinians in Gaza, causing them serious bodily and mental harm, and inflicting on them conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction.” (“South Africa files case at ICJ accusing Israel of ‘genocidal acts’ in Gaza,” Al Jazeera, 29 December 2023)