Jeremy Corbyn, pictured speaking at a pro-Palestinian rally in October, supports South Africa's position against Israel. Photo: Guy Smallman/Getty Images < p>Jeremy Corbyn will join the South African government delegation at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in the country's upcoming genocide case against Israel.
The former Labor Party leader will be one of many «senior political figures from progressive political parties and movements from around the world» who will join the delegation, Pretoria said.
Later this week, the International Court of Justice, the UN's highest legal body, will hear South Africa's case. Africa, which Israel is accused of. genocide in the war in the Gaza Strip and is seeking an emergency suspension of its military campaign.
In the 84-page document, South Africa argues that by killing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, inflicting serious mental and physical harm on them and creating living conditions «calculated to bring about their physical destruction», Israel is committing genocide.
< p>Isaac Hertzog , Israel's president, called the ICJ case «cruel and ridiculous» and the Israeli military said it was doing everything possible to avoid civilian casualties.
No other supporters were named
Hearings are due to take place this Thursday and Friday , when South Africa and Israel will have two hours on different days to make their case for or against emergency measures.
The South African delegation of officials and diplomats will be led by Ronald Lamola, the country's justice minister. Apart from Mr Corbyn, the South African government did not name any other world political figures it said would join the delegation.
Earlier this week, Mr Corbyn called on the UK government to support the South African government's position. Africa. He said: «Can the government not understand the anger around the world as they watch this in real time and why so many people are very pleased that the South African government has taken the lead in going to the International Court of Justice to bring Israel to responsible for the deaths of so many completely innocent people in the Gaza Strip?
Andrew Mitchell, the UK's development secretary, criticized the South African case, saying the use of «inflammatory» terms such as genocide «was» unhelpful.»
The White House called the case “baseless, counterproductive and completely without any basis in fact.”
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