Egypt announced on Sunday its intention to formally intervene to support South Africa’s genocide case against
Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) amid the ongoing Gaza war.
The Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement that the move comes in light of the “worsening severity and scope of Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.”
It added that the decision was made amid the systematic Israeli practices and attacks that have prompted people to eventually displace and leave their land, creating “an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.”
Countries like Turkey and Colombia had previously expressed their interest in joining South Africa’s case against Israel.
South Africa in January asked the World Court to declare that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza and to order Israel to stop its military campaign in the Strip.
The ICJ, also known as the World Court, instead ordered Israel to refrain from acts that could fall under the genocide convention and to ensure its troops commit no genocidal acts against Palestinians in Gaza.
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@XerusPeytonRepublican2yrs2Y
Hasn’t Egypt been blockading Gaza for years?
Because they're beholden to the US and we want them to
@XerusPeytonRepublican2yrs2Y
So the US should stop sending money to Egypt and they will open up their borders to all Palestinians.
I think we should stop sending money to Israel so that there isn't 2 million refugees created in the first place. Seems better to simply not create the problem in the first place.
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By the way, I agree with a t-state solution. I agree that Palestinians have been treated like **** by not only the Israelis but the rest of the world. We should be looking at the Palestine/Israel situation as being closer to the Turkey/Kurd situation. Relatively less drama
This is more of putting soft pressure on the ICC prosecutor to take action against Bibi and his right wing government. The more countries that back South Africa’s case the more pressured Khan is to issue warrants
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