The US, Hungary and Fiji line up behind West Jerusalem, while over a dozen others back South Africa’s lawsuit
Several more states have moved to join the Gaza genocide case at the UN’s top court, deepening international divisions over Israel’s military campaign in the Palestinian enclave, according to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The case, brought by South Africa in December 2023 amid a deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a result of Israel’s offensive, accuses the Jewish state of breaching the 1948 UN Genocide Convention. Since then, more than a dozen countries have applied to join the proceedings.
In a statement on Friday, the ICJ said that Namibia, the US, Hungary and Fiji had each filed declarations of intervention on March 12 in the proceedings under Article 63, which allows states party to the Genocide Convention to set out their own interpretation of the treaty when it is in dispute. Iceland and the Netherlands lodged similar declarations a day earlier.
South Africa argues that Israel’s conduct in Gaza – including mass killing, widespread destruction and the creation of conditions of life threatening the survival of Palestinians – amounts to genocide. Israel denies the accusation and insists its campaign is a legitimate act of self-defense against Hamas following the October 7 attack.
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