Ireland has joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, the International Court of Justice announced Tuesday morning.

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Ireland has joined South Africa's case against Israel, the International Court of Justice has confirmed. The case concerns breaches of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Gaza.

Ireland has formally asked to intervene in South Africa’s case accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, the International Court of Justice said Tuesday. The request submitted in the Hague on Monday has roiled Irish relations with Israel.

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Ireland filed a declaration of intervention Monday in support of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The decision comes after Ireland’s November Parliament motion and December Cabinet vote affirmed its stance that “genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in Gaza.

Ireland had said it would intervene in the case at the International Court of Justice, arguing that Israel’s actions in Gaza amounted to collective punishment.

Ireland officially files a declaration of intervention in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, says the International Court of Justice.