South Africa’s ICJ application is shameful

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CIJA
|January 11, 2024
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South Africa’s ICJ application is shameful

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CIJA
|January 11, 2024
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It’s time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, and the rest of the Canadian government to denounce South Africa’s ridiculous claims at the International Court of Justice. 

Anti-Israel activists have sunk to a new low by accusing Israel of the very thing from which the Jewish state is defending itself. 

What the terrorist entity Hamas did on October 7 to innocent Israelis was in support of their founding charter that calls for the destruction of the Jewish state and annihilation of the Jewish people. Hamas leaders have since boasted that they aim to perpetrate the atrocities of October 7 "again and again." 

That anyone would accuse Israel of committing genocide is nothing short of blood libel – and Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister Joly need to stand up and say something about it. 

They need to know it is the expectation of Canada's Jewish community that they denounce South Africa's ridiculous claims at the International Court of Justice.  

Help us urge them to speak out against this, following the lead of the United States in rejecting this action, and denounce South Africa's shameful, false charge. 

Add your name to this call for action. 

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