Pro-Palestine groups back Ramaphosa's ICJ statement

GENOCIDE CASE

- THEOLIN TEMBO [e-mail]

JEWS for a Free Palestine (SAJFP) previously held a silent protest outside the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre.

(Independent Newspapers Archive)

SOUTH African organisations have reacted to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on Sunday night that Israel has filed its response in South Africa's genocide case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Israel filed their response more than a year after Pretoria submitted its detailed written arguments to the court. The case was brought by SA before the ICJ in 2023 after the conflict in Gaza escalated to such an extent that it led to widespread destruction across the territory.

The Presidency said that the court had initially ordered Israel to respond by July 28 last year to South Africa's Memorial - which was filed on October 28, 2024 - but on two occasions Israel requested an extension to the time limits set by the court, which the court granted.