South Africa calls on the ICC to take action against Netanyahu over civilian deaths in Gaza

The South African Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, today asked the International Criminal Court (CPI) to act against the authorities of the Israelincluding the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahudue to the bombings that in recent weeks have killed thousands of civilians in Link.

“Israel’s murder of children, women and the elderly is an act that should have resulted in International Criminal Court issue an immediate arrest warrant for key decision makers, including Mr. Netanyahuwhich is responsible for violations of international criminal law.”he claimed Pandora In a statement to the Parliament.

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The head of South African diplomacy stressed that thePalestinian-Israeli conflict “can only be resolved by the creation of two States, Palestine It is Israel“Let them live side by side in peace.”

“The notion of Israel’s right to defend itself by military means – he reproached – has been used erroneously in international law by many and deliberately by others to justify Israel’s illegal use of force against the people of Israel. Link It is West Bank”.

Pandora He made these statements the day after the South African Government announced that it will withdraw all its diplomats accredited in Israel for consultations on the crisis triggered in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military offensive.

“Genocide cannot be tolerated under the watchful eye of the international community“, stated during the announcement the Minister of the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.

He Executive South Africa has historically been a strong supporter of the Palestinian cause, and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) often related this cause to his own fight against the segregationist regime of apartheid (1948-1994).

Israel is immersed in a war against the group Hamas after suffering an attack on October 7th by the armed wing of this organization that left more than 1,400 dead (mostly civilians), 5,400 injured and at least 241 kidnapped in Gaza.

The number of fatalities in the Gaza Strip due to Israeli bombings is equivalent to 10,328 peopleincluding 4,237 children, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health gazati.

Source: Elcomercio

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