The Government agrees that South Africa’s case against Israel under the Genocide Convention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is “valid”, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.
Mr Varadkar said the Government will wait until South Africa files its main case and then decide “on the nature of any intervention”. He said the Government was committed to supporting any decision of the ICJ on preliminary measures.
“We will wait until South Africa files its memorial, its main case, we will consider it and, at that point, we’ll decide on the nature of any intervention,” he said. “But we do agree that South Africa’s case is valid.”
The Taoiseach was speaking on Tuesday, as the Government put forward a motion in the Dáil condemning the ongoing bombardment of Gaza.
The motion also said it would “strongly consider” an intervention in the South Africa v Israel case at the ICJ, “as a matter of urgency” after the Court has made its order on preliminary measures and…