People praise Irish lawyer leading South Africa's genocide case against Israel

An Irish human rights lawyer, working to put a stop to the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people, has received praise online for her strong-willed words.

South Africa has brought Israel to court in the Netherlands city of The Hague, alleging the country is committing genocide towards Palestinians. 

The case has been ongoing since October, with Israel responding by saying the charges against them are ‘lies, based on hypocrisy’. 

This case, which has attracted much global attention, has seen an Irish lawyer representing South Africa widely praised online.

London-based human rights barrister, Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, famously said that this is "the first genocide in history where its victims are broadcasting their own destruction in real time in the desperate, so far vain hope that the world might do something”.

The comment comes as South Africa asks the International Court of Justice to order the suspension of Israel's military campaign in Gaza.

“The international community continues to fail the Palestinian people, despite the overt dehumanising, genocidal rhetoric by Israeli governmental and military officials, matched by the Israeli army’s actions on the ground,” Ms Ní Ghrálaigh said.

Her closing remarks on behalf of South Africa saw  Ms Ní Ghrálaigh cite statistics of the large death toll and destruction, saying: “Each day, 247 Palestinians are being killed and are at risk of being killed each day, literally, blown to pieces.

“They include 48 mothers, two every hour, and over 117 children, leading UNICEF to call Israel's actions a ‘war on children’... With over 10 Palestinian children having one or both legs amputated, many without anaesthetics.

“Entire multigenerational families will be obliterated and yet more Palestinian children will become WCNSF; Wounded Child No Surviving Family; the terrible new acronym, born out of Israel's genocidal assault of the Palestinian population in Gaza.”