Friday, January 12, 2024 – Jeremy Corbyn, the former U.K. opposition leader, is set to join a South African delegation for this week’s hearings at the International Court of Justice, where Israel is accused of committing genocide against Palestinians in the war in Gaza.
South Africa brought the case against Israel last
month, accusing it of intending “to destroy Palestinians in Gaza,” and asked
the U.N.'s top court to order Israel to halt its attacks. Israel rejected South
Africa’s allegations of genocide “with disgust” and said it will defend itself
at the court.
South Africa’s Justice Ministry
said Corbyn was one of a number of “senior political figures from progressive
political parties and movements across the globe” who will join the South
African delegation at the Hague in the Netherlands for two days of preliminary hearings which
begin on Thursday.
Corbyn was the only one of those
foreign political figures in its delegation named by the government.
Israel’s war in Gaza has killed more than 23,200
Palestinians, roughly 1% of the territory’s population and about two-thirds of
the dead are women and children.
South Africa’s delegation to the
Hague will be led by Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola and will also include
senior figures from the office of President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Ministry of
Justice, the Justice Ministry said in a statement.
“We are determined to see the end
of the genocide that is currently taking place in Gaza,” Lamola said.
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