US defends Israel in new ICJ intervention in South Africa genocide case

US defends Israel in new ICJ intervention in South Africa genocide case Submitted by Sondos Asem on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 14:11 Hungary, Fiji and Namibia also file declarations as wave of third-state interventions in the international court grows Judges at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, 12 January 2026 (AFP) Off The United States has filed a declaration of intervention in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), explicitly rejecting the allegation that the country is committing genocide in Gaza. The filing was made on Thursday alongside separate interventions by Namibia, Hungary and Fiji, according to a press release issued by the court on Friday. All four states submitted declarations under Article 63 of the ICJ statute, which allows countries that are parties to a treaty under dispute to intervene in order to present their interpretation of that treaty.