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Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs says South Africa acting as ‘legal arm of Hamas’
11 January 2024 13:36 GMT
The spokesperson of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Thursday, following South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel.
In a statement posted on X, he said that the hearing was “one of the greatest shows of hypocrisy” and demonstrated “false and baseless claims”.
He added that South Africa is “functioning as the legal arm of the Hamas terrorist organisation”, and is seeking to “allow Hamas to commit the war crimes, crimes against humanity and sexual crimes they committed repeatedly on October 7”.
The comments come after South Africa said in court that Israel was demonstrating clear examples of genocide against Palestinians.