Summary
Advocate of the High Court of South Africa (Duma Nokwe Group), counsel for South Africa in South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention), who presented the Genocidal intent argument on 11 January 2024 (Verbatim record CR 2024/1 — Public sitting of 11 January 2024, oral argument of South Africa (South Africa v. Israel), PDF p.4, p.31-42).
Details
- His speech argues intent from three sources: the conduct of the attack itself, explicit declarations by Israel’s political leaders and military officials — Benjamin Netanyahu’s Amalek invocation, Yoav Gallant’s “fighting human animals” siege statement, and statements by Isaac Herzog, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel Katz, Amichai Eliyahu and Ghassan Alian — and the repetition of that speech by soldiers on the ground (PDF p.32-38).
- He argues Israel’s intentional failure to condemn, prevent and punish genocidal incitement by Knesset members and in civil society is itself a grave violation of the Genocide Convention, and that Israel has acted with knowledge of the destruction, concluding: “The evidence of genocidal intent is not only chilling, it is also overwhelming and incontrovertible” (PDF p.38-42).
Related pages
Verbatim record CR 2024/1 — Public sitting of 11 January 2024, oral argument of South Africa (South Africa v. Israel), South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention), Genocidal intent, Adila Hassim