Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that he "fully supports the lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel before the International Court of Justice on charges of committing genocide and violating the 1948 Genocide Convention."

Aboul Gheit added in his statements on Wednesday that he looked forward to "a just ruling that will stop this aggressive war and put an end to the bleeding of Palestinian blood."

He thanked South Africa and its government “for taking this principled position that places morals and human values above any other consideration,” stressing that the League’s General Secretariat supports the South African endeavor in all possible ways.

The Secretary-General also directed officials in the General Secretariat to follow the legal process of the lawsuit filed before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, while being prepared to provide the required support in a way that serves the issue and strengthens the Palestinian position.

He said, “The case represents an important step not only towards a ceasefire, but also holding Israel accountable, and ending the anomalous situation that made it a state above international law and accountability,” looking forward to “issuing a ruling that leads to stopping this unjust war on civilians in the Gaza Strip in the soonest possible deadline, and paves the way for holding accountable all Israeli officials involved in the crime of genocide, in a way that restores international justice’s credibility before the peoples of the entire world.”

Tomorrow, Thursday, the eleventh of January, Israel will appear, the occupying power, for the first time before the International Court of Justice, in the lawsuit filed against it by the State of South Africa, which accuses it of committing the crime of “genocide” against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. .