United States officials have dismissed South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in which South Africa accuses Israel of committing “genocidal acts” against Palestinians in Gaza.
“As pertains the United States, we are not seeing any acts that constitute genocide,” US Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller on Wednesday.
“But there are military operations going on that put Palestinian people at risk,” Mr Miller added.
White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby also said on Wednesday that US considers the case “meritless, counterproductive and completely without any basis in fact whatsoever”,
Israel rejected South Africa’s genocide allegation after the case was filed last week, terming it “baseless” and “blood libel”.
South Africa is backing Palestinians in the ongoing conflict, while the US has supported Israel with military assistance and weapons.
