{"id":318528,"date":"2026-05-31T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=318528"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:17:27","slug":"statement-by-israels-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-on-south-africas-request-for-an-extension-in-icj-proceedings-non-un-document","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/statement-by-israels-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-on-south-africas-request-for-an-extension-in-icj-proceedings-non-un-document\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by Israel\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on South Africa\u2019s Request for an Extension in ICJ Proceedings (Non-Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Document)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a non-United Nations document. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ provides these documents only as a convenience for reference purposes, and the inclusion of a document does not imply the endorsement of its content by the United Nations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>31 May 2026<\/p>\n<p><em>The following statement was posted on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IsraelMFA\/status\/2061140957987226020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official X account of Israel\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s baseless \u201cgenocide\u201d case at the ICJ is collapsing.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has requested an extraordinary 18-month (!) extension to submit its arguments.<\/p>\n<p>The written submissions will not end before 2029.<\/p>\n<p>All the claims of \u201curgency\u201d have now turned into South Africa\u2019s quiet requests to buy more time.<\/p>\n<p>This case was never about the facts.<\/p>\n<p>It has always been a propaganda campaign by South Africa in the service of Hamas, masquerading as a legal process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/icj-and-question-of-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To learn more about all ICJ cases related to the question of Palestine, click here to visit the dedicated webpage.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related documents:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/icj-court-order-on-fixing-of-time-limits-reply-and-rejoinder-south-africa-v-israel\/\">International Court of Justice Order on fixing of time-limits: Reply and Rejoinder &#8211; South Africa&#8217;s genocide case against Israel &#8211; Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/icj-southafrica-israel-genocide-29dec2023\/\">South Africa institutes proceedings against Israel and requests the International Court of Justice to indicate provisional measures \u2013 ICJ Press Release \u2013 Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/colombia-files-a-declaration-of-intervention-in-the-proceedings-under-article-63-of-the-statute-application-of-the-convention-on-the-prevention-and-punishment-of-the-crime-of-genocide-in-the-gaza-st\/\">Colombia files a declaration of intervention in the proceedings under Article 63 of the Statute \u2013 Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) \u2013 ICJ Press release \u2013 Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/brazil-files-a-declaration-icj-19sep25\/\">Brazil files a declaration of intervention in the proceedings under Article 63 of the Statute \u2013 Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) \u2013 Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/icj-press-release-31oct25\/\">ICJ: The Comoros files a declaration of intervention in the proceedings under Article 63 of the Statute (South Africa v. Israel) \u2013 Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/belgium-files-a-declaration-ic-23dec25\/\">Belgium files a declaration of intervention in the ICJ proceedings under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court (South Africa v. Israel) \u2013 Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/icj-paraguay-files-a-declaration-of-intervention-application-of-the-convention-on-the-prevention-and-punishment-of-the-crime-of-genocide-in-the-gaza-strip-south-africa-v-israel-en-fr\/\">ICJ: Paraguay files a declaration of intervention \u2013 Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) [EN\/FR] \u2013 Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/icj-declarations-of-intervention-in-the-proceedings-filed-by-the-netherlands-and-by-iceland-under-article-63-of-the-statute-of-the-court\/\">ICJ: Declarations of intervention in the proceedings filed by the Netherlands and by Iceland under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court (South Africa v. Israel) \u2013 Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/icj-declarations-of-intervention-in-the-proceedings-filed-by-namibia-the-united-states-of-america-hungary-and-fiji\/\">ICJ: Declarations of intervention in the proceedings filed by Namibia, the United States of America, Hungary and Fiji (South Africa v. Israel) \u2013 Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This is a non-United Nations document. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ provides these documents only as a convenience for reference purposes, and the inclusion of a document does not imply the endorsement of its content by the United Nations. 31 May 2026 The following statement was posted on the\u00a0official X account of Israel\u2019s Ministry of Foreign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/statement-by-israels-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-on-south-africas-request-for-an-extension-in-icj-proceedings-non-un-document\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[897],"document-category":[6978,1338],"document-source":[],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2005,6790,2185],"entity":[1985],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-318528","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-israel","document-category-social-media-post","document-category-statement","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-genocide","document-subject-legal-issues","entity-state","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/318528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/318528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318554,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/318528\/revisions\/318554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=318528"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=318528"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=318528"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=318528"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=318528"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=318528"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=318528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}