ICJ’s Israel/Gaza ruling expected ‘soon’
While no date has been set for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an order arising from SA’s genocide charge against Israel in Gaza, Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC said he expects it will be made relatively soon as blood continues to spill in the Middle East.
‘Nobody knows what a court will decide. We expect an outcome relatively soon. I do not know when, but it will be relatively soon. It is a matter of urgency. They understand the weight of the responsibility on their shoulders,’ he said.
According to a Business Day report, ICJ President, Judge Joan Donoghue, has also said the court would make an order ‘as soon as possible’.
‘The court will render its order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by SA as soon as possible. The agents of the parties will be advised on the date, in due course, in which the court would deliver the order in a public sitting.’
According to a Daily Dispatch report, Ngcukaitobi described SA’S case against Israel in a deadly clash that has been ongoing for years as an ‘episode’, saying the struggle continues for the residents of Gaza.
‘We must not forget the struggle continues. This is an episode in a long struggle.’
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