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Namibia condemns Germany for defending Israel in ICJ genocide case

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a placard during a protest near the International Court of Justice in the Hague on January 11, 2024 [Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters]

Namibia has criticised Germany’s “shocking decision” to support Israel in the genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) brought by South Africa, as Israel’s war on Gaza entered its 100th day.

“Germany has chosen to defend in the ICJ the genocidal and gruesome acts of the Israeli government against innocent civilians in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian Territories,” the president of Namibia, Hage Geingob, said in a statement on X on Saturday.

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