Ireland preparing to intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

Micheal Martin said he has given legal staff in his department direction ‘to pursue a legal intervention’ into the South African case at the ICJ (Grainne Ni Aodha/PA)

Ireland is preparing to intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the top court in the United Nations.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin said that after examining whether Ireland could intervene, he had been briefed that there is a “basis” for an intervention.