Brazil joins the “Genocide” case of South Africa against Israel in the International Court of Justice Israeli conflict news

Brazil is now joining Spain, Ireland, Mexico, Turkish and others who signed the case.

Brazil officially joined the case launched by South Africa in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which claims that Israel is committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip.

The Hague Court confirmed in a statement on Friday Brazil called Article 63 of the ICJ Law, submitting the declaration of intervention in the case.

The article gives any member of the United Nations the right to interfere in an issue when the interpretation of a treaty is a question. Brazil used the article to formally recognize that Israel violates the 1948 genocide agreement.

The World Court said that South Africa and Israel are now invited to “make written notes on the declaration of intervention.”

The Brazilian Foreign Ministry said in July that it aims to join the case, noting that “impunity” that undermines international law as condemned the Israeli aggression in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Brazil is now joining I interfered for South Africa To join the issue against Israel about the genocide war, which has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023.

The statement: Brazil, in reference to Article 63 of the case #CheDeclaration of the intervention in the case #AFRICUEDUUD C. #Israel.

Link to the press statement: https://t.co/7uw0UUURP8O pic.twitter.com/wgoqwunrqc

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It is still possible that the final ruling of ICJ will take several years to come, but the court issued a temporary order in January 2024, which obliged Israel to take action to Preventing genocide in Gaza Allowing without hindrance to humanitarian aid.

The court also ruled that the presence of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories is illegal, and that its policies The amount of annexation .

By ignoring these rulings, as well as the escalation of the international condemnation of its behavior, Israel has since destroyed much more than Gaza and the West Bank, and soon progresses with plans to sixteen of the Palestinian territories.

The United States and European allies continue to arm them and finance them, even with increasingly recognized international bodies that Israel is committing. Gen. in Gaza .

Washington also rejected the advantages of the International Court of Justice, and American lawmakers have made threats and criticisms against South Africa. The United States also issued unprecedented Penalties of the International Criminal Court (ICC), who issued Arrest orders for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Secretary Yuof Galet.