south africa has a long history of close relations with israel.ing the dispute immediately to the attention of the court. it watched with horror as israel responded to the terrible atrocities committed against his people on 7 of october, with attack on gaza that resulted in the indiscriminate. of innocent palestinian civilians, most of whom were women and children. the south african government repeatedly voiced its concerns in the security council and in public statements that israel's actions had become genocidal. on 10 november, in a formal diplomatic day marsh, it informed israel that while it condemned the actions of hamas. it wanted the international criminal court to investigate the leadership of israel for international crimes, including genocide. as the court will know, the definition of genocide in the rome statute repeats that of the genocide convention. on 17 october, south africa referred israel's commission of the crime of genocide to the international criminal court. or quote vigorous investigation and quote. in announcing this decis

at the outset, south africa acknowledges that the genocidal acts and omissions by the state of israel inevitably form part of a continuum of illegal acts perpetrated against the people, palestinian people. 1948 the application places israel's genocidal acts and omissions within the broader context of israel's 75 year apartate, 56 year occupation and 16 year siege imposed on the gaza strip, a siege which itself has been described by the director of unrwa affairs in gaza as a silent killer of people. as the committee on the elimination of racial discrimination warned on december 21st, hate speech and dehumanizing discourse targeted at palestinians is raising severe concerns regarding israel and other states parties obligation to prevent crimes against humanity and genocide in the gaza strip. this warning has been followed by succession of warnings including by 37 united nations special reporteurs of the failure of the international system to mobilize to prevent genocides in gaza. today we are joined in court by representatives of the palestinian state, the palestinians who work in the f

us, south africa has basically created this hearing a south africa is accused israel of genocide. that's going to come later that could take years to investigate by the ways of today that going to do like a preliminary hearing to see if they can get a c spot implemented. and also to get she monetary in a, into the cause that enclave just for a moment. let's sitting. so listen in. the court meets today to deliver and open court decision on the request for indication of provisional measures submitted by south africa. and the case concerning application of the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide in the gaza strip south africa versus israel. judge robinson, who duly participated in both the deliberation and the final vote is for reasons made known to me unable to take his seat on defense. today. i would like to welcome the eminent representatives of the republic of south africa and the state of israel, or in the great hall and just say in particular, i recognize the presence of her excellency miss lady pond or minister of international relations and co

israel -- palestinian citizens of israel, and what happens in apartheid south africa.fessor dugard has written the israeli system of apartheid against the palestinians is worse than the apartheid the afrikaners applied to black people in south africa. i was involved in the struggle against apartheid in south africa, and that is my assessment, too. indeed, the parallels here that led me in november 2000 to call for the establishment -- the establishment of the disinvestment campaign against israel, for the exact same reasons we had a divestment, disinvestment campaign against the criminal apartheid regime in south africa. and then in 2005, palestinian civil society contacted me to go in with them on establishing the palestinian boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign against israel, against apartheid israel for the exact same reason we had a bds campaign against the criminal apartheid regime in south africa. so tut, dugard, i, cyril ramaphosa it south africa who has made compelling speeches, they all understand what is going on here and what is at stake. amy: the is

israel was also essential to the construction of an electric wall to police the border of apartite south africa with the crew of 50 israeli technicians stationed permanently at the wall for maintenance. the israel is also planted radar devices and mine fields along the border. israeli intelligence agencies had a steady presence in apartite era south africa. the apartite intelligence agency boss ran letter bomb campaign against anc figures like ruth first, which employed similar methods in its operation wrath of god against palestinians in lebanon. it is thought likely that israel provided support for this. the israel spy. agency, the adl also spied on many anti-apartite activists, including archbishop desmond tutu, and sold the information to boss agents of the apartite regime in south africa. israel and aparthite south africa worked closely on nuclear research, with south african uranium proving extremely useful to israel's covert nuclear program, are we witnessing the revenge of history? as always, we're joined by our resident expert david miller. david is academic and a former profess

judges are hearing the case in which south africa demanded emergency suspension of israel's militarylso over 900 popular movements, unions, political parties and civil organizations have signed an open letter calling on world states to support the genocide case against gaza, against israel, that is. and speaking of the icj hearing, south africa's representatives accused the israely regime of systematically killing palestinians and using starvation of civilians as a weapon of war on. south africa contends that israel has transgressed article 2 of the convention by committing actions that fall within the definition of genocide. the actions show a systematic pattern of conduct from which genocide can be inferred. for the past 96 days is has subjected gaza to what has been described as one of the heaviest conventional bombing campaigns in the history of modern warfare. palestinians in gaza are being killed by israeli weaponry and bombs from air, land and sea. they are also at immediate risk of death by starvation, dehydration and disease as a... result of the ongoing siege by israel, the

yes, israel has accused south africa of _ yesterday.ccused south africa of bringing _ yesterday. yes, israel has accused south africa of bringing this - yesterday. yes, israel has accused south africa of bringing this case, | south africa of bringing this case, trivialising and recognising the genocide convention. israel's first speaker said that actually, what they had witnessed on the 7th of october, the hamas attacks, was the largest calculated mass murder of jews since the holocaust and also pointed out that israel was one of the first countries to sign the genocide convention under which this case was brought by south africa. just to explain, if this were ruled against israel, the court does not have any power of enforcement, does it but i suppose it would add hugely to the political pressure on israel. pressure, absolutely. this is all down to interpretation. israel is arguing its acts in gaza since the 7th of october have been about self defence in line with international humanitarian law, that they have sought to move civilians

today's ruling is part of the case brought by south africa against israel, accusing it of committing genocide against palestinians and gaza. know a final decision on whether israel is committing genocide is expected to take years . but again, today is a preliminary rolling on calls for an immediate halt to israel's offensive in gaza . so let's get more as we wait for that announcement. standing by the international court of justice and the hague is dw correspondent, lucio schultz. and so what, what would be the implications for israel if the un judge's order it to halt its military action? so 1st of all, um, halting the military action is only one of the options that are on the table here. so further, africa has been asking for a number of so called provisional measures. and these are a kind of emergency relief. they're used to not make the dispute, which is on the base verse. and so the for guys been asking for a number of these mattress among them also to hold all military operations. but they have also asked to allow for more humanitarian assistance. and so that these rights are t

israel was key player in the development and later the malignancy of apartite rule in south africa. south africa's aparthy prime minister daniel molan was the..." first foreign prime minister to visit tel aviv following the nakba. hendrick vevad, a south african apartide architect in prime minister, even claimed in 1961 that israel, like south africa, is apartite state. that was six decades before amnesty international said the same. in order to improve the image of apathide in south africa, israel and the apathite authorities established a joint secretariat for political and psychological warfare in. in 1975. by 1981, the apartide army in south africa had 200 israeli military advisors and hundreds of apothy troops were also educated in israeli military academies. israeli military instructors provided direct guidance to the south african reconnaissance commando's elite unit in particular. elbit systems, israel's largest arms business played a key role in the development of south african's military electronics. industry, south africa's naval forces were also trained in israel and sol

israel was key player in the development and later the malignancy of aparthite rule in south africa. south africa's aparthy prime minister daniel. was the first foreign prime minister to visit tel aviv following the nakba. hendrick vevor, a south african apartide architect and prime minister, even claimed in 1961 that israel, like south africa, is an apart state. that was six decades before amnesty international said the same. in order to improve the image of apartide in south africa, israel and the apathite authorities established a joint secretariat for political and psychological war. fair in 1975. by 1981, the apartide army in south africa had 200 israeli military advisors and hundreds of aparthai troops were also educated in israeli military academies. israeli military instructors provided direct guidance to the south african reconnaissance commando's elite unit in particular. elbit systems, israel's largest arms business played a key role in the development of south african's military. electronics industry. south africa's naval forces were also trained in israel and sold radar

israel was key player in the development and later the malignancy of apartite rule in south africa. south africa's aparthy prime minister daniel molan was the first foreign prime minister. to visit tel aviv following the nakba. hendrick veerd, a south african apartide architect and prime minister, even claimed in 1961 that israel, like south africa, is an apartite state. that was six decades before amnesty international said the same. in order to improve the image of apartide in south africa, israel and the apartite authorities established a joint secretariat for political and psychological warfare in 1975. by 1981, the aparthite army in south africa had 200 israeli military advisors and hundreds of aparthy troops were also educated in israeli military academies. israeli m' military instructors provided direct guidance to the south african reconnaissance commando's elite unit in particular. elbit systems, israel's largest arms business, played a key role in the development of south african's military electronics industry. south africa's naval forces were also trained in israel and s

any of the parties to the dispute and of quote south africa and israel are both parties to the genocide convention. neither of them has entered a reservation to article 9 for any other condition of the convention. the court then recalls that article 9 of the genocide convention makes this jurisdiction conditional on the existence of a dispute relating to the interpretation application or fulfillment of the convention. a dispute is a disagreement on a point of law or fact, a conflict of legal views or of interest between parties. in order for a dispute to exist, it must be shown that the claim of one party is positively opposed by the other. the 2 sides must fold clearly opposite views concerning the question of their performance or non performance of certain international obligations to determine whether a dispute exists in the present case, the court cannot limit itself to noting that one of the parties maintains that convention applies while the other denies, since south africa has invoked as a basis for the court's jurisdiction, the complimentary funds of the genocide convention. the

israel was key player in the development and later the malignancy of aparthite rule in south africa. south africa. africa's a partide prime minister daniel molan was the first foreign prime minister to visit tel aviv following the nakba. hendrick vevor, a south african apartide architect and prime minister, even claimed in 1961 that israel, like south africa, is an apart state. that was six decades before amnesty international said the same. in order to improve the image of apartide in south africa, israel and the apartite authorities established a joint secretariat. for political and psychological warfare in 1975. by 1981, the apartide army in south africa had 200 israeli military advisors and hundreds of apathy troops were also educated in israeli military academies. israeli military instructors provided direct guidance to the south african reconnaissance commando's elite unit in particular. elbit systems, israel's largest arms business, played a key role in the development. of south africa's military electronics industry. south africa's naval forces were also trained in israel and

he responded to what israel said. >> the state of israel today has failed to disprove south africa that presented before the court yesterday. we stand by the fact, the law, and all evidence that was submitted yesterday. we believe in state with confidence that those facts come the law, are in violation of the genocide convention. under the genocide convention, nothing justifies genocidal acts currently be committed by israel . self-defense is not an answer to genocide. nothing can ever justify genocide. there is no balancing exercise israel suggests. it is the rule of law. no matter what someone may have done, no matter how great the threat to israel might be, genocidal attacks on the whole of gaza and the population with the intent of destroying the cannot be justified at all. amy: that was the minister of justice of south africa speaking outside the hague. we end today's show with an israeli lawmaker who is backing south africa's genocide case against israel even as he faces expulsion. -- expulsion from the israeli knesset. the israeli newspaper haaretz is reporting 70 lawmakers in th

south africa has accused israel of violating the 1948 u.n. genocide convention saying its three month assault on gaza is being conducted with the intent to bring about the destruction of palestinians as a group. south africa is outlining its case today. israildend itself on friday. during today's hearing, attorneys for the south african government laid out what they described as israel's genocidal intent. >> israel has a genocidal intent against the palestinians in gaza. that is evident from the way in which israel's military attack is being conducted. israel's genocidal intent is rooted in the belief that the enemy is not just the military wing of hamas or hamas generally, but is embedded in the fabric of palestinian life in gaza. amy: we'll have more on the genocide hearing after headlines. an israeli airstrike struck an ambulance in central gaza wednesday killing two patients and four members of the palestine red crescent society. the aid group said, "our colleagues were intentionally targeted while inside an ambulance clearly marked with

israel was key player in the development and later the malignancy of apartite rule in south africa. south africa's apothy prime minister daniel molan was the first foreign prime. minister to visit tel aviv following the nakba. hendrick vevad, a south african apartide architect and prime minister, even claimed in 1961 that israel, like south africa, is an apart state. that was six decades before amnesty international said the same. in order to improve the image of apartite in south africa, israel and the apartide authorities established a joint secretariat for political and psychological warfare in 1975. by 1981, the apartidade army in south africa had 200 israeli military advisors and hundreds of apathide troops were also educated in israeli military academies. military instructors provided direct guidance to the south african reconnaissance commando's elite unit in particular. elbit systems, israel's largest arms business, played a key role in the development of south african's military electronics industry. south africa's naval forces were also trained in israel and sold radar sys

south africa has accused israel of violating the 1948 u.n. genocide convention saying its three month assault on gaza is being conducted with the intent to bring about the destruction of palestinians as a group. south africa is outlining its case today. israel will defend itself on friday. during today's hearing, attorneys for the south african government laid out what they described as israel's genocidal intent. >> israel has a genocidal intent against the palestinians in gaza. that is evident from the way in which israel's military attack is being conducted. israel's genocidal intent is rooted in the belief that the enemy is not just the military wing of hamas or hamas generally, but is embedded in the fabric of palestinian life in gaza. amy: we'll have more on the genocide hearing after headlines. an israeli airstrike struck an ambulance in central gaza wednesday killing two patients and four members of the palestine red crescent society. the aid group said, "our colleagues were intentionally targeted while inside an ambulance clearly mark

negev desert, south of israel, this mysterious complex away from the public eye, employs thousands of people, all sworn to secrecy. when its existence was discovered, israel said it was textile factory, never admitting its true purpose, making polutoneum for atomic bombs. "we need answers and we go to meet one of the few people in israel that knows what is going on inside dimona. we are dealing with this element of a weapons of mass destruction, meaning nuclear chemical and biological, we're the only ngo dealing with this right now in israel, when you believe that this..." are the weapons that keeps you safe, when this is the common belief, then the question raised, are we the next country to use them? israel is nuclear armed state, chemical armed state and biological armed state. nuclear weapon is not a weapon that aimed at an army, it's a weapon that destroys a city. are we willing to destroy any city in the middle east? mothers, children, fathers, citizens, not soldiers. we want to know more about the most secretive nuclear program in the world, just transmitted at the request of t

of israel. and that had to be some reaction. unfortunately, i don't think this is the last time i talked on the coming on the ground in human are going to be necessary. okay. here's the thing. how about right there are the points of this, this international foot taylor, this operation prosperity got you. the point was to the to who says from attracting shipping. and now that the who says now that the who has a bit of tax in yeah, and they have said that they will responding cause they will retaliate. so this looks like this action from the us and britain looks like it's raising the temperature rather than calming things down. well, i mean, let's be clear on the order of things here. so it was nothing the national community of talking to was his 1st impulse of what is that back in the international commitment. yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no, to him. we got about, we got the answering my question. my question is about what happens now that this has happened? yeah, to look obviously everyone hopes that t

south africa also presented a case to the international court of justice over israel's genocide in gaza. the emmy army says it is targeted an american ship in the gulf of aiden warning against any new aggression on the arab country. over the past week there has been a series of us led strikes. on yemen over what washington described as threats against shipping in the red sea. and people have ralled in yemen's northern city of sauda to voice support for palestinians in the wake of israel's genocidal war on gaza. the demonstrators chanted slogans against the us for supporting israel and launching strikes on yemen. they also slammed washington's redesignation of unsarla movement as a terrorist group. i am edward said. i was born in 1935 into a christian family. most of my family left jerusalem because they had to. and it was an area that fell to the hagana in i think february of 1948. the idea of being a fugitive is just like being affected by leprosy. all palestinians feel the same sense of exile. the charge which created outrage when it was first raised, i think um, they tried to dub and

a reminder of our top story of israel is facing charges of genocide brought by south africa at the us international court of justice. south africa is asking the court to order an immediate suspension of the military offensive in gaza. israel has strongly denied the claim and that is your update. there's always more on our website or on our social media channel. so check us out. there is a tool, our documentary series is coming up next, looking at the threat of artificial light to nature. i'm quite richardson in berlin for me in the entire team onto mind. thank you so much for watching the . it shouldn't be this ward here. it's hard not to feel something really is happening here. what is happening to greens and ice fixtures, explore an untouched place into the ice. january dw, the big city at night dark. this no longer exists in many places around the world.

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the civic center of new atomic research center that was to be built in demona in the south part of ofbig news to have textile factory in dimona, so if you built something large in dimona, you could very easily say, you see this is textile factory, only that this textile factory had dome and wasn't a typical of of textile things, but it wasn't seen from the road, it was kind of a... of a of an agreed, agreed quietness, i have the photograph, while the project was being built. not when it was occupied, then at that time the security eye was not that strong, so i took a photographs, later, later, many years afterwards, i all of sudden got several several photos from an unknown source, but with the stamp of the of the censorship, so i understood that somebody from the from the side sent me was that was taken that were taken there, there's a sign that i can open my my my small portfolio and and make it public, this is the courtyard of the of the of the main building from the other side looking towards the towards the entrance, you see the entrance is here and this is from hooking from othe

of south africa and the state of _ the republic of south africa and the state of israel, who are inwho are in the great hall_ state of israel, who are in the great hall ofjustice today. i recognise the presence of her excellency, mr lady pandora, the minister— excellency, mr lady pandora, the minister of— excellency, mr lady pandora, the minister of international relations and cooperation of the republic of south _ and cooperation of the republic of south africa. i recall that on the 29th— south africa. i recall that on the 29th of— south africa. i recall that on the 29th of december 2023, south africa failed _ 29th of december 2023, south africa failed in _ 29th of december 2023, south africa failed in the registry of the court, an application constituting alleged violations in the gaza strip, other obligations under the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime _ the prevention and punishment of the crime of— the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. to which i shall refer— crime of genocide. to which i shall refer as _ crime of genocide. to which i sh

when south sudan declares independence, the threat of sudan to israel diminishes. however, in these events, south sudan does not achieve any specific results and only becomes a pawn of israel. south sudan participates in regional wars and conflicts and turns into a corridor of israel's armed supply. for example, rifle called the mikrogalil is exported in large quantities from israel to sudan. the microgalil were sold to uganda in 2007. they are even used in the 2013 massacre in juba. years later, sudan requests loans in exchange for normalizing relations with israel, $1.2 billions in food shipments, $2 billion in financial aid, 25-year loans and economic assistance, but not from israel, rather from its allies, because israel was not inclined to generosity. in addition to sudan, other african countries also played an important role in the puzzle of israel's policies. among them, ethiopia had favorable position and was considered an important target. ethiopia, the slam locked country, had a unique feature in addition to its jewish population. it possessed highlands a

i would now like to welcome delegations of south africa and israel, and note the presence before the court and the agents and council in both parties. this morning, the court will hear the single round of oral argument of south africa, which has submitted a request for the indication of provisional measures. it will here, israel, tomorrow morning at 10 am. for purposes of this single round of oral argument, each party will have available to it a 3 hours sitting. in this 1st sitting south, africa may, if required avail itself of a short extension beyond 1 pm. today, in view of the time taken up by these introductory remarks. before i give the floor to the agent of south africa, i wish to drive the parties attention to practice direction 11, which dates as follows. i quote, in oral proceedings and the requests for the indication of provisional measures, parties should limit themselves to what is relevant to the criteria for the indication of provisional measures as stipulated in the statute, rules and jurisprudence of the court. they should not enter into the merits of the case beyond

the civic center of new atomic research center that was to be built in demona in the south part of of israel, for security reasons we couldn't call it a center of research, but it was called a civic center in the negative because in the 60s it wasn't such big news to have textile uh factory in dimona, so if you built something large in dimona you could very easily say, you see this is textile factory, only that this textile factory had dome and wasn't typical of of textile things, but it wasn't seen from the road, it was kind of a of ' of an agreed, agreed quietness, i have the photograph while the project was being built. not when it was occupied, then at that time the security eye was not that strong, so i took a photographs, later, later, many years afterwards, i all of sudden got several several photos from an unknown source, but with the stamp of the of the censorship, so i understood that somebody from the from the site sent me photos that was... that we're taken there, there's a sign that i can open my my uh my small portfolio and then make it public, this is the courtyard of t

the civic center of new atomic research center that was to be built in demona in the south part of of israel, for security reasons we couldn't call it a big center of research, what it was. the uh civic center in the negative because in the 60s it wasn't such big news to have textile factory in the mona, so if you built something large in dimona you could very easily say you see this is textile factory, only the this textile factory had dome in. wasn't a typical of of tactiles, but it wasn't seen from the road, it was kind of - of - of an agreed, agreed quietness. "i have the photograph, while the project was being built, not when it was occupied, then at that time the security eye was not that strong, so i took a photographs, later, later, many years afterwards, i all of sudden got several several photos from an unknown source, but with the stamp of the of the censorship." so i understood that somebody from the from the site sent me photos that was taking that were taken there, there's a sign that i can open my my uh my small portfolio and and make it public, this is the courtyard of

south africa recalled this statement in its note verbal of 21 december 2023 to the embassy of israelin pretoria. the court notes that israel dismissed any accusation of genocide in the context of the conflict in a document published by the israeli ministry of foreign affairs on 6th december 2023, which was subsequently updated and reproduced on the website of the israel defense forces on 15th december 2023, under the title the war against hamas, answering your most pressing questions, stating that, i quote, the accusation of genocide against israel is not only holy unfounded as a matter of fact and law, it is morally repugnant. in the document, israel also stated that, i quote, the accusation of genocide is not just legally and factually incoherent, it is absine, and that there was no valid basis in fact or law for the outrageous charge of genocide, end of quote. in light of the foregoing, the court considers that the parties appear to hold clearly opposite views as to whether certain acts or emissions. within the provisions of the genocide convention, the court recalls that south af

at the international court of justice hearings begin to behave or south africa is accusing israel of breaching b. u n's, genocide, convention allegations that is ralph calls baseless. also coming up on our show riots and pop when you're getting as police a strike over pay the prime minister calls for com and declares a state of emergency to deal with widespread looting lawlessness and our sense the clair richardson a warm welcome to the show. the international court of justice and the hague has begun hearing accusations of genocide brought by south africa against israel. the case itself could take years upon south africa is asking the court to order israel to immediately halt if military operations and gaza south africa has long supported, the palestinians leaking their struggle to its own history of fighting apartheid. israel for his part has strongly denied the claims of calling. the accusations baseless israel says it is doing all that can to avoid civilian casualties in gaza as it responds to how much this terrorist attack last october. but south africa alleges, not only is this

of south africa's application, and this has been confirmed by israel's subsequent statements and by its continuing conduct in gaza. moreover, israel must have been aware from south africa's public statements, the demarch, and the referral of the matter to the international criminal court of israel's genocidal acts. that a dispute existed between the two states, madam president, the court has indicated that an application for provisional measures, it is sufficient to show that there is a primer facy basis for jurisdiction. it is submitted that south africa has convincingly established the existence of a... dispute between it and israel over the fulfillment of the letter's obligations under the genocide convention. finally, it is submitted that regard should be had to the special considerations that apply to the existence of a dispute and article 9 of the genocide convention between the state that brings an application in furtherance of its obligation. to prevent genocide and a state accused of committing genocide. this concludes my speech, madam president, i thank you, the members of

when south sudan declares independence, the threat of sudan to israel diminishes. however, in these events, south sudan does not achieve any specific results and only becomes pond of israel. south sudan participates in regional wars and conflicts and turns into a corridor of israel's armed supply. for example, rifle called the microgalil is exported in large quantities from israel to sudan. the microgalil were sold to uganda in 2007. they are even used in the 2013 massacre in juba. years later, sudan requests loans in exchange for normalizing relations with israel, $1.2 billion dollars in food shipments, $2 billion in financial aid, 25 year loans and economic assistance, but not from israel, rather from its allies, because israel was not inclined to generosity, in addition to sudan, other african countries also played an important role in the puzzle of israel's policies. among them, ethiopia had favorable position and was considered an important target. ethiopia, the slan locked country, had a unique feature in addition to its jewish population. it possessed highla

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israel. when south sudan declares independence, the threat of sudan to israel diminishes. however, in these events, south sudan does not achieve any specific results and only becomes pond of israel. south sudan participates in regional. wars and conflicts and turns into a corridor of israel's armed supply. for example, rifle called the micro galil is exported in large quantities from israel to sudan. the micro-galil were sold to uganda in 2007. they are even used in the 2013 massacre. in juba. years later, sudan requests loans and exchange for normalizing relations with israel, $1.2 billion dollars in food shipments, two billion dollars in financial aid, 25-year loans and economic assistance, but not from israel, rather from its allies, because israel was not inclined to general. in addition to sudan, other african countries also played an important role in the puzzle of israel's policies. among them, ethiopia had favorable position and was considered an important target. ethiopia, the sland locked country had a unique feature in addition to its jewish population. it posse

when south sudan declares independence, the threat of sudan to israel diminishes. however, in these events, south sudan does not achieve any specific results and only becomes pond of israel. south sudan participates in regional wars and conflicts and turns into a corridor of israel's armed supply. for example, rifle called the microgalil is exported in large quantities from israel to sudan. the microgalil were sold to uganda in 2007. they are even used in the 2013 massacre in juba. here. years later, sudan requests loans in exchange for normalizing relations with israel, $1.2 billion in food shipments, $2 billion in financial aid, 25-year loans and economic assistance, but not from israel, rather from its allies, because israel was not inclined to generosity, in addition to sudan, a... other african countries also played an important role in the puzzle of israel's policies. among them, ethiopia had favorable position and was considered an important target. ethiopia, the slam locked country, had a unique feature in addition to its jewish population. it possessed hig

when south sudan declares independence, the threat of sudan to israel diminishes. however, in these events, south sudan does not achieve any specific results and only becomes a pawn of israel. south sudan participates in regional wars and conflicts and turns into a corridor of israel. arm supply. for example, rifle called the microgalil is exported in large quantities from israel to sudan. the microgalil were sold to uganda in 2007. they're even used in the 2013 massacre in juba. years later, sudan requests loans in exchange for normalizing relations with israel, 1.2 billion in food shipments, $2 billion in financial aid, 25-year loans and economic assistance, but not from israel, rather from its allies, because israel was not inclined to generosity and in addition to sudan, other african countries also played an important role in the puzzle of israel's policies. among them, ethiopia had favorable position and was considered an important target. ethiopia, the sland locked country, had a unique feature in addition to its jewish population. it possessed highlands and

justice has concluded the first day of hearings a lawsuit filed by south africa against israel's genocide in the gaza strip. at the closing, south africa demanded, the court orders israel to immediately suspend this onslaught in the beseeged palestinian territory. to indicate the following provisional measures, in relation to the palestinian people as a group protected by the genocide convention. these measures. are directly linked to the rights that form the subject matter of south africa's disputes with israel, one, the state of israel shall immediately suspend its military operations in and against gaza. two, the state of israel shall ensure that any military or irregular armed units, which may be directed, supported or influenced by as well as any organizations and persons which may be subject to its control, direction or influence, take no steps in furtherance of the military operations referred to in point one above. point is much. the court devoted the first day of hearings to the argument submitted by south africa. on friday, israel will be allowed to defend. many nations, includi

south africa's genocide law suit against israel at the international court. of justice, well, i think it's significant because um, it's the first attempt to try and prevent what's been happening in gaza, uh, western politicians and the media have tried to keep a lid on this and basically backed israel to the hilt, and here we of south africa uh using the international uh system to try and uh stop israel from doing what it's doing i for the court to adopt preliminary measures uh on the basis of intent to genocide and uh from that point of view i think it's significant but it's also significant because um you know this is perhaps one the most uh clear cut cases, i would say of uh of uh genocidal policies and intent uh that we've seen uh, and it's been broadcast live on uh social media, on our mobile phones, we've seen it in real time, and uh, really the world didn't do anything about it uh save uh, you know a... few countries and uh some of the resistance groups in the area, so i think um, uh, you know, this is uh, this is really quite uh, quite a unique event, and uh, that south africa

israel has accused south africa of— accused south africa of weaponisation the genocide convention andpretation for thejudges. is all a matter of interpretation for the judges. yesterday, is all a matter of interpretation for thejudges. yesterday, we heard from south africa, referring to the military bombardments, the enforced displacement of people, the lack of humanitarian aid, starvation, dehydration, statements by senior israeli politicians which, south africa said, amounted to proof of genocidal intent. israel is arguing today this is an inaccurate interpretation of events on the ground. israel says it is acting in self—defence, under international humanitarian law. lucy, ijust want to spin the camera around you might be able to hear some of the crowds here outside the international court ofjustice in the hague. we arejust going to see if we can focus down on some of those flags which will be very familiar by now. what you can�*t see is just around the other side of the palestinian supporters down here police have separated them from a group of israeli supporters who have set up a

nick: the text of south africa's case does not acknowledge under the law of armed conflict israel hasefense, nor as you just mentioned, does it acknowledge how hamas fights, embedded within civilian areas. are those weaknesses in south africa's case? kenneth: south africa made a point of saying they condemn hamas' atrocities on october 7, as they should, as everybody does. israel has the right to defend itself. but it has to defend itself lawfully within the geneva conventions. targeting hamas, not the civilian population. certainly not committing genocide. this deprivation of the civilian population, 85% displaced, very little food, very little water, the hospitals are shut down. this seems to be designed to impose conditions of hardship, which as south africa says could lead to massive loss of life, even more than the bombing directly. nick: if the court rules south africa has shown the reasonable probability of genocide and imposes what are called provisional measures, how important is that? what is going to be the impact of that? kenneth: that would be extraordinarily important. e

genocide at the international court of justice at the hague, south africa is accusing israel of breaching the un genocide convention allegations that as well caused baseless, also coming up on the show riots and poplar new guinea as police strike, overpay the prime minister calls for calm and declares a state of emergency to deal with widespread looting lawlessness and arson. the claim. richardson, welcome, the international court of justice and the hague. has begun. harry occupations of genocide brought against israel by south africa. now the case couldn't take years. but today, south africa has been asking the court to order israel to immediately halt its military operations and gaza hearings. this week will focus on that request for emergency measures to be imposed much sooner. south africa has long supported the palestinians linking their struggle to its own history of fighting apartheid israel for its part has strongly denied the claims calling the accusations baseless israel says it is doing all that can to avoid civilian casualties in gaza as it responds to how much this terrorist

nick: in the depths of gaza's despair, south africa accuses israel of what's been called the crime ofons show a systematic pattern of conduct from which genocide can be inferred. nick: today, south africa asked the international court of justice to compel israel to stop the war and what it called decades of discrimination. >> the application places israel's genocidal acts and omissions within the broader context of israel's 75 year apartheid. >> the draft convention on genocide is being presented to the general assembly today. nick: it was 75 years ago last month that the u.n. adopted the genocide convention, the first human rights treaty. it was born out of the nazi's final solution, a campaign of systemic murder that helped lead to the birth of the state of israel. the convention defines genocide as acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, and cites as examples killing, injuring, inflicting conditions calculated to bring about physical destruction, preventing births, or transferring children. >> israel has a genoci

hearing of the genocide case brought against israel by south africa. latifa, what do you have to share with us right now? well, um, i don't know if you're able to hear me very clearly, we're actually just finishing up with the uh south african team who have come outside the head to deliver some closing um speeches of their own, to give their take on not only their application, but also on the appalling defense that was seen today by the occupation. lawyers um, the people here are incredibly grateful, they have shown their support for the south african team and they have listened intently to to what they have had to say, which is a kin to the following that the lawyers of course um the lawyers efforts uh today, the israeli occupation um to defend and and rather blame uh israel's attacks and ignore the context of israel's 75 year genocide is just incredibly logical and absurd that they're taking this uh this three months completely out of context and it also um shows us that actually their claims are rather to protect their civilians um is again illogica