South Africa accuses Israel of violating the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.

Israel instructed its ambassadors abroad to pressure politicians and diplomats to make statements against the GCC and to justify Israel's actions in Gaza.

The UN International Court of Justice has started considering the claim of the Republic of Kazakhstan regarding the massacre of the Palestinian people by Israel. The president of the International Court of Justice Joan Donohue, South African judge Diggang Ernest Mosenek, Israeli judge Aaron Barak will take part in the court sessions.

About 50 South African lawyers are preparing to sue the US and British governments for supporting Israel's crimes in Palestine. "The United States must answer for its crimes," said the head of the initiative.