Jordan wants to present evidence, pleadings to ICJ in Gaza genocide case against Israel

Jordan is looking to present evidence and pleadings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case filed by South Africa that accuses Israel of genocide, a government spokesperson has said.

Official spokesman Mohannad Al-Mubaideen told Arabi 21 that Jordan "will submit the necessary legal investigations and pleadings as soon as the International Court of Justice decides to consider the genocide case".

Jordan's Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh told parliament this week that Amman would present evidence to the court in support of South Africa's case. The first public hearing for the case took place at the court in The Hague on Thursday with a second taking place on Friday.

Jordan was the first Arab-majority country to back South Africa's landmark filing, which accuses Israel of having breached the 1948 Genocide Convention.

The case was later backed by Egypt and several other countries.

The leaders of Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine met in the Jordanian resort town of Aqaba on Wednesday.

At the tripartite summit, the three leaders "rejected" Israeli proposals to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza, according to a statement from the Jordanian palace.

They also called for an immediate end to the Israeli onslaught on Gaza.

Israel launched its war on Gaza on 7 October, killing more than 23,000 people in the Palestinian territory so far, the vast majority being women and children.

In the three months since it unleashed its onslaught, it has also conducted indiscriminate bombings, arbitrary executions, and torture of detainees.

With its air and ground campaign showing little sign of easing, supporters of the Palestinian people have taken legal action against Israel to try to bring the onslaught to a halt.

Amid the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, US non-profit group Justice for All has called on the public to use a platform created by the International Criminal Court (ICC) that allows anyone to be able to submit a complaint to the court, with the option to attach a photo and video. 

The OTPLink platform appears to have been created by the ICC last year.