Ireland to ask ICJ to broaden interpretation of genocide in Israel case

The news came in the wake of Wednesday morning's Cabinet meeting

Palestinians line up to receive free meals at Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip last March. File picture: AP Photo/Mahmoud Essa, File

Ireland will be allowed intervene in South Africa's International Court of Justice (ICJ) case against Israel under the Genocide Convention after the Government gave approval for the move on Wednesday morning.

Filing of the intervention will take place at the UN's top court in The Hague later this month.