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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Deaths in Gaza in the war between Hamas and Israel have left the world divided about how to end it.<\/p>\n

The South African government, for a while, stood on the grey line with its calls for a ceasefire and peace talks, but late last year it changed tack as civilian fatalities increased. South Africa applied to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on December 29 to make an order for the suspension of military operations in Gaza. Its legal team argued Israel committed genocide against Palestinians after the attacks by Hamas on Israel on October 7 in which 1,200 people died.<\/p>\n

While some people have applauded South Africa for taking the matter to the world court, others believe SA has a \u201clack of understanding\u201d of the complexities of relations between Palestinians and Israel.<\/p>\n

Israeli foreign affairs minister Lior Haiat accused South Africa of \u201cfunctioning as the legal arm of the Hamas terrorist organisation\u201d.<\/p>\n

South Africa, in its application to the court, said it condemned violations of international law by all parties, including the targeting of Israeli civilians and other nationals, as well as the hostage-taking by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups.<\/p>\n

Justice minister Ronald Lamola said the country aimed to protect civilians.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have presented a case on behalf of the government of South Africa and we are doing so on behalf of a number of Palestinians \u2014 children, women and the elderly \u2014 who are being killed in Gaza. We are not presenting any case on behalf of Hamas. We do not have any mandate from Hamas,\u201d Lamola said.<\/p>\n

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