Another country, Spain, wants in on the lawsuit filed by South Africa in the top court of the United Nations (UN) accusing Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares announced this week that his country will join the case before the Dutch-based International Court of Justice (ICJ). Spain also joined Ireland and Norway in officially recognizing a State of Palestine.
Israel’s response to the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, was “genocidal in character because [it is] intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial, and ethnical group,” the suit alleges.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vehemently denies any and all wrongdoing in Gaza, claiming “it is not we who have come to perpetuate genocide; it is Hamas.”
According to Netanyahu, the entire world “would murder all of us if it…
