Cuba joins South Africa's lawsuit against Israel

Cuba has decided to join South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

News ID: 84678

Date: 22 June 2024 - 10:53

TEHRAN (defapress) - "Following a firm and permanent commitment to support and participate to the fullest extent possible in the legitimate international efforts to stop genocide against the Palestinian people, the government of the Republic of Cuba has decided to participate in the lawsuit of the Republic of South Africa against Israel in the International Court of Justice," the ministry said in a communique.

On December 29, 2023, South Africa filed a lawsuit with the ICJ against Israel over genocide in the Gaza Strip. On January 26, the ICJ ruled provisional measures ordering Israel to take urgent steps to prevent acts of genocide and ensure the flow of humanitarian aid to the enclave. At the same time, the ICJ did not order an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

In early March, the African nation went back to the ICJ to call for additional provisional measures against Israel that would address widespread starvation among Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.