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SvennoJ on 10 May 2024
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South Africa asks ICJ for more measures against Israel amid Rafah assault

South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice to order additional emergency measures as Israel escalates its assault on Rafah in southern Gaza.

Israel’s attack on Rafah “and the extreme risk it poses to humanitarian supplies and basic services into Gaza, to the survival of the Palestinian medical system, and to the very survival of Palestinians in Gaza as a group, is not only an escalation of the prevailing situation”, South Africa said.

It also “gives rise to new facts that are causing irreparable harm to the rights of the Palestinian people in Gaza”.

South Africa brought a case against Israel to the ICJ in January, accusing the country of committing “genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza.

The top UN court ruled there was a plausible risk of genocide in the enclave and ordered Israel to take a series of provisional measures, including preventing any genocidal acts from taking place.


Libya intervenes in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says Libya has filed a “declaration of intervention” in the genocide case South Africa launched against Israel for its war on Gaza.

This means the North African nation “believes that acts and omissions by Israel are of genocidal character, as they are committed with the requisite specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza as part of the broader Palestinian national, racial and ethical group”.

According to the ICJ, Libya said its move is focused on “the proper construction of the provisions concerning the duty not to commit and to prevent genocide, and the duty to punish genocide”.




Netherlands crackdown on pro-Palestinian students part of EU pattern: Monitor

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (EuroMed) says in a report that a pattern of “repression and flagrant rights violations” is taking place in crackdowns on pro-Palestine university protests in the Netherlands – part of a larger pattern across European Union states.

The Geneva-based organisation cited a riot police attack on a student encampment at the University of Amsterdam on May 6, during which students were beaten and dragged away, and a bulldozer was used to down barricades and tents.

“Over the past months, there have been growing and alarming attempts by law enforcement officers across Europe to repress, intimidate, and silence those who criticise the Israeli forces, speak out against the ongoing provision of arms to Israel, denounce the killing by Israel of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, and expose the silence and complicity of their own governments, universities, and major TV channels.”