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Friday, January 26, 2024
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Friday, January 26, 2024
South Africa welcomes provisional measures against Israel over war in Gaza
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Illustrative: South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandorthe, left, attends the session of the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, January 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
South Africa hails what it called a “decisive victory” for the international rule of law after the International Court of Justice ruled in favor of its request to impose emergency measures against Israel over its military operations in Gaza.
The ICJ issued a series of measures, saying Israel must prevent the killing or injuring of Gaza’s Palestinians, must prevent conditions calculated to wholly or partly destroy Gaza’s populace, and must prevent conditions intended to prevent births among Gazans.
However, it stopped short of granting South Africa’s demand for an international unilateral ceasefire in Israel’s war against Hamas.
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