The Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that this important measure underscores the large number of Palestinian civilian victims, especially children, and the importance of holding “Israel” accountable for its crimes against the Palestinian people for 75 years.
He criticized the statements of US government officials on the issue, saying that they had appointed themselves lawyers for the Israeli occupation authorities, showing disregard for international law and indifference to the brutal massacres, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Efforts by U.S. officials to ensure that Israel escapes punishment are repugnant and condemnable, the text says.
The Strategic Communications Coordinator of the United States National Security Council, John Kirby, had assured in a press conference that there was no legal basis for South Africa to bring charges against Israel before the International Court of Justice for genocidal acts committed in the Gaza Strip against the civilian population.
He considered the South African lawsuit to be unfounded, counterproductive and completely without merit.
The first hearing at the International Court of Justice to examine South Africa's claims about whether Israel violated the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the course of its military operation in the Gaza Strip, which has already caused deaths, ends today with a result of more than 23,000 people .
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