Video: Relief of support for Israel outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague/Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Foreign Ministry addressed a court hearing in The Hague on Thursday in which South Africa accused Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip: "Today we witnessed one of the greatest shows of hypocrisy in history and a series of baseless and false claims," he said. He referred to South Africa as "the legal arm of the Hamas terrorist organization."
In the announcement, the Foreign Ministry accused South Africa of ignoring Hamas' actions on October 7, claiming that in this way it sought to allow Hamas to return to committing the war crimes committed then. He also said that Hamas was using its population as human shields and that it was acting deliberately from civilian institutions and spaces. Finally, he mentioned the 136 Israeli abductees held by Hamas, who do not have access to the Red Cross or medical care.
"South Africa serves as Hamas' legal arm." The ICC hearing in The Hague, today/Reuters
At the same time as the discussion in The Hague, Economy Minister Nir Barkat and German Vice Chancellor Dr. Robert Habeck made joint statements. Barkat said of the legal process that it was "the greatest absurdity anyone could think of."
"Anti-Israelism is the new anti-Semitism," Barkat accused. "The ICC in The Hague is doing an injustice to the victims of the Black Saturday massacre and their families, and above all is acting with unimaginable hypocrisy. The State of Israel works more than any other country to avoid harming innocent people, and in the end the ICC in The Hague persecutes us. It's a circus of hypocrisy."
Habeck expressed support for Israel in his statement, saying that Israel has every right to defend itself against Hamas. "The atrocities of October 7 must not be allowed to repeat themselves. I speak for the entire German people, we stand in solidarity with Israel. Israel has the right to protect the lives of its citizens, we are united in that."
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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also responded to the legal debate, claiming that the initiative for the lawsuit in The Hague belongs to the Palestinian Authority. He accused the ICC of anti-Semitism and hypocrisy: "Like the other international tribunals, they are political bodies tainted with anti-Semitism and exposed time and time again in amazing displays of hypocrisy. The only ones who need to be put on trial in The Hague and everywhere are the Nazi Hamas terrorists who carried out the horrific massacre against Israeli citizens. As far as the 'enlightened world' is concerned, we are all settlers and 'war criminals.' Residents of Tel Aviv and Kedumim those who vote right and those who vote left."
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