South Africa Seeks UN Resolution to Enforce Israel Court Ruling
- Wants UN Security Council to outline enforcement steps
- If request fails will take matter to UN General Assembly
Displaced Palestinians pass an Israeli tank in southern Gaza on Jan. 30.
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South Africa wants the United Nations Security Council to outline measures that it will take to enforce an International Court of Justice’s interim ruling against Israel as it seeks to sustain international pressure to bring an end to hostilities in the Gaza Strip.
The UN’s top court on Friday said that Israel — accused by South Africa of genocide amid its crackdown on Hamas — must act to prevent Palestinians from being killed or injured, but stopped short of demanding an immediate cease-fire.