Press Statement by NADEL on genocide case against Israel filed by South Africa at the ICJ
7 January 2024
The National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL) fully supports the case filed by South Africa against apartheid Israel for the crime of genocide in the territories of occupied Palestine.
The indiscriminate killing, maiming and displacement of civilians in Gaza, most of whom are women, children and the elderly, the denial of basic human rights and humanitarian aid to the Palestinians and the targeting and scale of the destruction of their homes, hospitals, schools and places of worship, constitute genocide.
Apartheid Israel and those countries that support it with military equipment, including the US, stand condemned. It must stop the genocide and make reparations to the Palestinians.
NADEL fully supports the relief being sought by SA and in particular calls on the ICJ to order the immediate end to the genocide being perpetrated against the Palestinians.