THE HAGUE, (PIC)
Türkiye has officially submitted on Wednesday a bid to join the genocide case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The Chairman of the Turkish Parliament’s Justice Committee, Cuneyt Yuksel, said that his country “will provide evidence of the ethnic cleansing committed by the Israeli army and its massacres in the Gaza Strip,” accusing Israel of using starvation and thirst as a weapon against the population there.
Yuksel added in a press conference before the court that there is conclusive evidence of Israel committing genocide against the Palestinians, stressing his country’s support for the Palestinian cause, and expressing his optimism that the court will be able to force Israel to abide by its resolutions.
Türkiye has the right to submit a declaration to join the case because it is a party to the “Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,” which was adopted by the United Nations in 1948.
Türkiye joins Nicaragua, Colombia, Libya, Mexico, Palestine, and Spain, which previously requested to join South Africa’s case filed at the International Court of Justice on December 29.
The court has set October 28 as the deadline for South Africa to submit its written arguments and July 28, 2025 for Israel to do the same.
