Kobbi Shoshani, Israel’s Consul General, expressed disappointment over Ireland joining South Africa in supporting a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). He criticised the move,

Israel is lining up lawyers and figuring out other ways in which it can support soldiers facing arrest in countries such as South Africa, after a reservist accused of war crimes fled Brazil last week.

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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's document states that Ireland wishes to see the consistent interpretation and application of the Genocide Convention

Ireland has officially submitted a declaration to the International Court of Justice to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel.

Ireland has become the latest country to formally join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel before the International Court of Justice. Last month Israel closed its embassy in Ireland to protest after Ireland initially said it would join the case.

Kobbi Shoshani, the Counsel General of Israel to Midwest India expressed his disappointment at the move of Ireland joining South Africa at ICJ in case against Israel. While speaking to ANI, Shoshani called the move a display of naivety.

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Ireland considers a number of Articles from the 1948 Genocide Convention in its intervention in South Africa's ICJ case against Israel.