While it will take years for the International Court to determine the merits of the case brought against Israel by the South African government related to the genocide of over 23,000 Palestinians (70% of whom are women, children and babies), the forced starvation they’ve had to endure for over three months, the unceasing, relentless bombing of their homes and hospitals, etc., South Africa is to be commended for stepping forward.

Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” – Psalm 82:4

While the road to any type of justice will be very long, yesterday the South African government asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its application filed December 28, 2023, for, “as a matter of extraordinary urgency,” an injunction against Israel to — among other things: force them to “desist from genocidal acts set forth in Article II of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (aka the 1948 Genocide Convention); to halt genocide incitement, conspiracy and complicity; and to ensure that evidence of this ‘crime of crimes’ is preserved.”

Three excellent articles at mondoweiss.net sum up the importance of this historic moment:

“South Africa presents the case against Israel’s genocide in Gaza: Day 1 of South Africa v. Israel” by David Kattenburg has a link directly to the three-hour hearing. Here, UN officials are quoted as having described Gaza as a “bloodbath” and “a situation of utter, deepening, and unmatched horror where an entire population is besieged and under attack, denied access to the essentials of survival on a massive scale.” (https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/south-africa-presents-the-case-against-israels-genocide-in-gaza-day-1-of-south-africa-v-israel/)

Here is Robert Herbst’s article from December 31, 2023, entitled “South Africa appeals to the International Court of Justice: Stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza”: https://mondoweiss.net/2023/12/south-africa-appeals-to-the-international-court-of-justice-stop-israels-genocide-in-gaza/

Herbst’s article links to the actual Application Instituting Proceedings filed by South Africa which he describes as being “84 pages long and devastating,” laying out in horrifying detail Israel’s acts of genocide which . . .

“are distinct from other violations of international law sanctioned or perpetrated by the Israeli government and military in Gaza — including intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population, civilian objects and buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science, historic monuments, hospitals, and places where the sick and wounded are collected; torture; the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare; and other war crimes and crimes against humanity” – all of which have occurred “in the broader context of Israel’s [] 75-year-long apartheid, its 56-year-long belligerent occupation of Palestinian territory and its 16-year-long blockade of Gaza[.]”

The Application (which can be viewed here: https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf) also discusses, in great detail, the brutality Palestinians in Gaza have suffered at the hands of Israelis for many years prior to October 7, 2023, including: forcing them to live in what amounts to an open-air prison; severely limiting their travel; polluting the coastal aquifer that is their only source of clean drinking water; limiting their electrical power; forcing them into poverty; killing or maiming those peacefully protesting the blockade imprisoning them, etc.

In clear violation of the Genocide Convention, the Application states: ““Israel has now killed in excess of 21,110 named Palestinians, including over 7,729 children — with over 7,780 others missing, presumed dead under the rubble — and has injured over 55,243 other Palestinians, causing them severe bodily and mental harm. Israel has also laid waste to vast areas of Gaza, including entire neighbourhoods, and has damaged or destroyed in excess of 355,000 Palestinian homes [more than 60% of Gaza’s housing stock], alongside extensive tracts of agricultural land, bakeries, schools, universities, businesses, places of worship, cemeteries, cultural and archaeological sites, municipal and court buildings, and critical infrastructure, including water and sanitation facilities and electricity networks, while pursuing a relentless assault on the Palestinian medical and healthcare system. Israel has reduced and is continuing to reduce Gaza to rubble, killing, harming and destroying its people, and creating conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction as a group.”

Finally, Hebh Jamal’s eloquent article, “South Africa honored the Palestinian plight, and the world was forced to listen” illustrates how much it means to the Palestinians just to have someone in the international community stand up for them, while Americans and everyone else sit back and do nothing (other than send more money and more weapons to Israel): https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/south-africa-honored-the-palestinian-plight-and-the-world-was-forced-to-listen/

I hope you will take the time to read these important articles, and share them wherever you can.

Sources:
https://mondoweiss.net/2023/12/south-africa-appeals-to-the-international-court-of-justice-stop-israels-genocide-in-gaza/
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/south-africa-presents-the-case-against-israels-genocide-in-gaza-day-1-of-south-africa-v-israel/
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/south-africa-honored-the-palestinian-plight-and-the-world-was-forced-to-listen/
https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/3/us-house-passes-14-5bn-military-aid-package-for-israel

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Ashley Hayes is a former business entrepreneur, patented inventor, researcher, and writer seeking to bring attention to the clearly-organized crimes of unlawful and corrupt law enforcement and fusion center personnel against innocent Americans and citizens worldwide, as well as crimes committed by military contractors via 21st-century technology, and to the pandemic of child trafficking by those in power.

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