[[{"content_id":"389572","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"114","user_id":"60","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"60","content_title":"South Africa:\r\n\r\nZionist regime genocidal war hit \u2018new and horrific stage\u2019","content_number":"","content_date_event":"2024-05-16 22:49:08","content_summary":"South Africa has hit out at the Zionist regime at the top UN court for stepping up \u201cgenocide\u201d against Palestinians in Gaza, urging the court to order a halt to the regime\u2019s invasion of the besieged strip\u2019s southern city of Rafah.","content_summary_fill":"1","content_body":"Tehran, Qodsna - The International Court of Justice on Thursday held the first day of hearings on a new request from South Africa over Zionist plans for a ground invasion of Rafah.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe hearings focused on the call for the top UN court to take additional measures to protect Rafah from a “genocidal operation” threatening the very survival of Palestinians.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“South Africa had hoped, when we last appeared before this court, to halt this genocidal process to preserve Palestine and its people,” South African Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela told the Hague-based court.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“Instead, Israel’s genocide has continued apace and has just reached a new and horrific stage,” he added.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSouth Africa called for unrestricted access to aid into the Gaza Strip and urged the World Court to ensure Zionist reports back whether it has adhered to the orders.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nVaughan Lowe, a lawyer for South Africa, said the situation on the ground in the wake of the Zionist aggression against the crowded city of Rafah requires fresh ICJ action.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe lawyers said the invasion of Rafah is “the last step in the destruction of Gaza and its Palestinian people.”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“It was Rafah that brought South Africa to the court. But it is all Palestinians as a national, ethnic and racial group who need the protection from genocide that the court can order,” he added.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe hearings are part of an ongoing case South Africa had filed at the ICJ last December, over Zionist violation of the Genocide Convention.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIn January, the court ordered the Zionist regime to take measures to prevent genocide in Gaza but stopped short of ordering a ceasefire.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSouth Africa has stressed that the only way for the existing court orders to be implemented is a “permanent ceasefire in Gaza.”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHamas resistance movement’s chief Ismail Haniyeh has warned that the Zionist onslaught on Rafah threatens to undermine negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nJust minutes before the court hearings opened, Zionist military said the operation in Rafah “will continue as additional forces will enter” the area.\r\n\r\n ","content_html":"

Tehran, Qodsna - The International Court of Justice on Thursday held the first day of hearings on a new request from South Africa over Zionist plans for a ground invasion of Rafah.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The hearings focused on the call for the top UN court to take additional measures to protect Rafah from a “genocidal operation” threatening the very survival of Palestinians.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“South Africa had hoped, when we last appeared before this court, to halt this genocidal process to preserve Palestine and its people,” South African Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela told the Hague-based court.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“Instead, Israel’s genocide has continued apace and has just reached a new and horrific stage,” he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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South Africa called for unrestricted access to aid into the Gaza Strip and urged the World Court to ensure Zionist reports back whether it has adhered to the orders.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Vaughan Lowe, a lawyer for South Africa, said the situation on the ground in the wake of the Zionist aggression against the crowded city of Rafah requires fresh ICJ action.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The lawyers said the invasion of Rafah is “the last step in the destruction of Gaza and its Palestinian people.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“It was Rafah that brought South Africa to the court. But it is all Palestinians as a national, ethnic and racial group who need the protection from genocide that the court can order,” he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The hearings are part of an ongoing case South Africa had filed at the ICJ last December, over Zionist violation of the Genocide Convention.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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In January, the court ordered the Zionist regime to take measures to prevent genocide in Gaza but stopped short of ordering a ceasefire.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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South Africa has stressed that the only way for the existing court orders to be implemented is a “permanent ceasefire in Gaza.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Hamas resistance movement’s chief Ismail Haniyeh has warned that the Zionist onslaught on Rafah threatens to undermine negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Just minutes before the court hearings opened, Zionist military said the operation in Rafah “will continue as additional forces will enter” the area.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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