Pressure mounts on Canada to support South Africa’s legal battle for ceasefire in Gaza
A new legal battle will be waged later this week in the World Court to impose a ceasefire more than three months after Hamas’ attack on southern Israel killed innocent civilians, triggering a brutal war in Gaza where Israel(opens in a new tab) vowed to eradicate Hamas militants.
South Africa is accusing Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention and is seeking an urgent order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to immediately halt what it characterizes as “genocidal acts against the Palestinian people in Gaza.”
The goal is to have Israel labeled a genocidal state, the original CTV weasel headline to the article is in bold above.
