{"id":89529,"date":"2025-09-11T06:42:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirco-commits-to-finalizing-sas-icj-case-against-israel"},"modified":"2025-09-11T06:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:49:42","slug":"dirco-commits-to-finalizing-sas-icj-case-against-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirco-commits-to-finalizing-sas-icj-case-against-israel","title":{"rendered":"DIRCO Commits to Finalizing SA&#8217;s ICJ Case Against Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said his department is committed to see South Africa&#8217;s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) through to its conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Lamola revealed this while briefing Parliament\u2019s Portfolio Committee on International Relations, Cooperation and Justice on Wednesday, regarding South Africa\u2019s case<\/p>\n<p>to find Israel guilty of the Rome Statute on genocide.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has already submitted its main arguments to the ICJ, alleging Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Several other countries including Brazil, Spain, Turkey and the Republic of Ireland, have asked to intervene in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Lamola said the case could have a potential outcome that will resonate beyond Israel and Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said the case has a direct impact on how international law and international humanitarian law is applied.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;South Africa will continue to act within institutions of global governance to protect the rights, including the fundamental right to life for Palestinians in Gaza, and of all people in conflict areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said his department is committed to see South Africa&#8217;s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) through to its conclusion. Lamola revealed this while briefing Parliament\u2019s Portfolio Committee on International Relations, Cooperation and Justice on Wednesday, regarding South Africa\u2019s case to find Israel guilty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-89529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DIRCO Commits to Finalizing SA&#039;s ICJ Case Against Israel - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said his department is committed to see South Africa&#039;s case against Israe ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirco-commits-to-finalizing-sas-icj-case-against-israel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DIRCO Commits to Finalizing SA&#039;s ICJ Case Against Israel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said his department is committed to see South Africa&#039;s case against Israe ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirco-commits-to-finalizing-sas-icj-case-against-israel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-11T06:42:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-11T06:49:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1757560733.653811.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirco-commits-to-finalizing-sas-icj-case-against-israel#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirco-commits-to-finalizing-sas-icj-case-against-israel\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"DIRCO Commits to Finalizing SA&#8217;s ICJ Case Against Israel\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-11T06:42:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-11T06:49:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirco-commits-to-finalizing-sas-icj-case-against-israel\"},\"wordCount\":187,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirco-commits-to-finalizing-sas-icj-case-against-israel#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1757560733.653811.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirco-commits-to-finalizing-sas-icj-case-against-israel#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirco-commits-to-finalizing-sas-icj-case-against-israel\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/dirco-commits-to-finalizing-sas-icj-case-against-israel\",\"name\":\"DIRCO Commits to Finalizing SA's ICJ Case Against Israel - 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