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TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR has said today that Ireland will wait until South Africa files its main case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) before deciding “the nature of any intervention”.
Speaking in the Dáil today, the Taoiseach said Ireland’s Attorney General will travel to the Hague next month to make a submission on Ireland’s behalf, in person, in the existing case involving Israel’s conduct in Palestine.
This case is separate to the South Africa case.
His comments in the Dáil today come as opposition parties continue to criticise the government’s decision not join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel in the ICJ.
Speaking…