South Africa's 84-page filing says Israel's actions “are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part" of the Palestinians in Gaza.

South Africa accused Israel of genocide in an unprecedented case at the United Nations’ top court, saying the country’s leadership was “intent on destroying the Palestinians in Gaza” and ...

South Africa’s leading role in the Hague Group is building a transnational alliance in support of international law.

Legal teams from South Africa, the plaintiff, and Israel, the defendant, presented their arguments in two days of hearings before the International Court of Justice.

On Friday, Israel’s legal team responded to South Africa’s arguments by saying the Israeli operations in Gaza were a natural response to the events of October 7, when Palestine Islamic Jihad ...

As geopolitical strains mount between Iran, Israel, and the United States, South Africa is adopting a carefully calibrated ...

Yesterday, South Africa argued that Israel's response to the Hamas attack of October 7, which, according to Israel, killed 1,200, is directed not just at Hamas militants but at all Palestinians in ...

In 1971, the New York Times columnist C. L. Sulzberger wrote that Israel and South Africa had become so close that he had heard an unconfirmed rumor that “a South African mission flew to Israel ...

South Africa’s justice minister, Ronald Lamola, condemned the atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7 but said the scale of Israel’s military response in Gaza was not justified.

The new book The Unspoken Alliance, about a secret deal between Israel and South Africa, has created controversy around the world but has largely been ignored by the U.S. media. Stephen Kinzer on ...

South Africa accused Israel of genocide in an unprecedented case at the United Nations’ top court, saying the country’s leadership was “intent on destroying the Palestinians in Gaza” and ...