Chile to back South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICC

Chile’s President Gabriel Boric announced on Saturday that the country would support South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

In a lengthy speech lasting over two- and-a-half hours before the National Congress in Valparaiso, Boric stated that “Chile will join and back South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, under the UN Genocide Convention.”

“I decided that Chile will be a party to and support the case that South Africa presented against Israel before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, within the scope of the UN Convention on Genocide. I have ordered the Ministry of…