Namibia has denounced Germany for backing Israel’s stance on the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ), the place it’s accused of genocide in opposition to Palestinians within the blockaded Gaza Strip.
The Namibian presidency issued a press release on Saturday, expressing its dismay on the “surprising determination” made by Germany three days earlier when it dismissed the ethical case introduced by South Africa earlier than the ICJ in opposition to Israel.
Germany stated it will intervene as a 3rd get together on the ICJ to help Israel within the genocide case lodged in opposition to it.
Namibia recalled what it referred to as “the primary genocide of the twentieth century”, which was perpetrated by Germany on Namibian land between 1904 and 1908, during which “tens of 1000’s of harmless Namibians died in essentially the most inhumane and brutal circumstances” as per the assertion.
Windhoek additionally stated that the German authorities has not but totally compensated for the genocide it dedicated on Namibian land.
The African nation criticized Berlin for disregarding the violent deaths of greater than 23,000 Palestinians in Gaza. It additionally neglected numerous United Nations reviews that underscore the inner displacement of about 85% of civilians in Gaza amid a extreme lack of meals and fundamental providers.
Moreover, the Namibian presidency repeated President Hage Geingob’s attraction made on the finish of final month, saying that “no peace-loving particular person can flip a blind eye to the bloodbath dedicated in opposition to the Palestinians in Gaza.”
Geingob urged the German authorities to rethink its unsuitable determination to intervene as a 3rd get together to defend and help the acts of genocide dedicated by Israel on the ICJ.
The ICJ in The Hague held hearings to look at the case filed by South Africa relating to the Israeli navy assault on the Gaza Strip. Within the case, Israel was charged with committing genocide crimes in violation of the 1948 United Nations Conference on the Prevention of Genocide, which South Africa and Israel had signed.
