Naledi Pandor speaks with Zane Dangor, Director General of the South African department of International Relations and Cooperation at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. (Michel Porro/Getty Images)
The
International Court of Justice (ICJ) must step in – immediately, and without
another hearing – to prevent widespread starvation in Gaza, South Africa said in a new filing
on Wednesday.
This might
be the ICJ’s last chance “to save the Palestinian people in Gaza already
dying of starvation, and now ‘one step’ from famine”, South Africa said in
its application.
Israel was
in contempt of the ICJ’s previous order, it added, and the urgency of the
matter was such the court should step in immediately, and without another
hearing.
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