Irish Examiner view: We should support South Africa

Israeli soldiers are seen near the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel. Picture: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

The two-day public hearing in the genocide case taken by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) began yesterday.

Irish lawyer Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh outlined the South African government’s case against Israel, seeking measures to protect those in Gaza from “Israel’s violations of the Genocide Convention”.