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South Africa welcomes ‘stronger’ International Court of Justice order to Israel
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds a hearing on South Africa's request that the court order Israel to halt its military operation in Gaza, May 24, 2024. (Nick Gammon/AFP)
South Africa welcomes an order by the International Court of Justice to Israel to halt its offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah “which may inflict on the Palestinian group conditions of life that would bring about its physical destruction in whole in part,” and urges UN member states to back it.
“I believe it’s a much stronger, in terms of wording, set of provisional measures, very clear call for a cessation,” South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor tells public broadcaster SABC.
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