On Thursday, South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa said that he was pleased with the performance of his country's legal team at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel.
Ramaphosa said: “I have never felt as proud as I felt today when our legal team was arguing our case in The Hague."
His statements came during his address to the Women’s League of his ruling African National Congress (ANC) party.
Ramaphosa said that his country organized and established a strong team of lawyers to represent South Africa’s case at the top UN court in The Hague, the Netherlands.
He expressed: “When our lawyers were defending our case in The Hague, when I saw Ronald Lamola, a son of this land, presenting our case in court, I have never felt as proud as I do today.”
Ramaphosa added: “Some people say that the step we are taking is risky. We are a small country, and we have a small economy. They can attack us, but we will stand by our principles. As the father of our democracy taught us, we will not be truly free until the Palestinian people are free.”
South Africa filed its case at the ICJ in December, accusing Israel of Genocide against the people of Gaza, and violating the 1948 Genocide Convention.
It represented an 84-page document detailing acts amounting to genocide in Gaza.
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