NgoLwesihlanu, iNingizimu Afrika yafaka isicelo ngokumelene ne-Israel phambi kweNkantolo Yobulungisa Yomhlaba Wonke (ICJ) "sokubulawa kohlanga kubantu basePalestine eGaza", izinsolo ezichithwe ngokushesha "ngokunengeka" nguhulumeni kaBenjamin Netanyahu.
IPitoli iphinde yacela uphiko lwezobulungiswa lwe-UN ukuthi luthathe izinyathelo eziphuthumayo "zokuvikela abantu basePalestine eGaza", ikakhulukazi ngokuyalela u-Israel ukuthi "ayeke ngokushesha konke ukuhlasela kwezempi".
"I-Israel iyakuchitha ngokunengeka ukuhlambalaza (...) okusakazwa yiNingizimu Afrika kanye nendlela yayo yokubhekana nezinkinga. International INkantolo Yezobulungiswa", uLior Haiat, okhulumela uMnyango Wezangaphandle wakwa-Israeli, uphendule ngokushesha ku-X.
INingizimu Afrika, engumsekeli oshisekayo wenhloso yasePalestine, ingelinye lamazwe agxeka kakhulu ukuhlasela kuka-Israyeli okukhulu nokubulalayo kweGaza Strip, eziphindiselela ekuhlaselweni okuchitha igazi kweHamas ku-Israel ngo-Okthoba 7. Ibheka ukuthi “i-Israel, ikakhulukazi kusukela ngo-Okthoba 7, 2023 (…) uhlanganyele, uhlanganyela futhi kungenzeka ukuthi aqhubeke nokubandakanyeka ezenzweni zokubulala abantu basePalestine eGaza ", ngokusho kwe I-ICJ.
I-Pretoria igomela ngokuthi "izenzo kanye nokungenzi lutho kuka-Israyeli kuwukuqothula uhlanga, njengoba kuhambisana nenhloso ethile edingekayo (...) yokubhubhisa amaPalestine aseGaza njengengxenye yeqembu elikhulu lesizwe, uhlanga kanye nobuhlanga lwamaPalestina", kugcizelela i-Hague- inkantolo esekelwe. "Lezi zenzo zonke zibangelwa yi-Israel, eyehlulekile ukuvimbela ukubulawa kwabantu futhi yenza ukubulawa kwabantu ngokwephula ngokusobala iSivumelwano SokuQothulwa Kwesizwe," umbhalo kusho.
I-ICJ, ehlulela izingxabano phakathi kwezifundazwe, kulindeleke ukuthi ibambe izigcawu emasontweni ezayo. Kodwa nakuba izinqumo zayo ziwujuqu, ayinazo izindlela zokuziphoqelela. Ingase futhi i-ode izinyathelo eziphuthumayo ngokulinda ukuxazululwa okuphelele kwamacala, okungathatha iminyaka eminingi.
INingizimu Afrika ibalule esicelweni sayo ukuthi isiphendukele enkantolo ukuze "isungule isibopho sika-Israyeli ngokuphulwa kweSivumelwano SokuQothulwa Kwesizwe", kodwa futhi "nokuqinisekisa ukuvikeleka okuphelele nokuphuthumayo okungase kwenzeke kubantu basePalestine".
INkantolo Yobugebengu Yamazwe Ngamazwe (ICC), nayo ezinze eHague futhi equlisa amacala abantu ngabanye, nayo yathola isicelo ngenyanga edlule esivela eNingizimu Afrika, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Comoros kanye ne-Djibouti sokuthi iphenye ngesimo “seState of Palestine”. I-ICC iphinde yavula uphenyo ngo-2021 mayelana namacala empi angenzeka e-Palestinian Territories yi-Israel kanye ne-Hamas.
