In February 2024 the then-African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki said: "Gaza is being completely annihilated and its people are deprived of all their rights. We denounce the Israeli operation, which has no parallel in the history of humanity." [1] The official communiqué of the 38th summit of the African Union stated that "Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians and must be prosecuted internationally." [2]
In May 2025, after his retirement as an EU diplomat, Josep Borrell spoke out against Israel's actions:
We're facing the largest ethnic cleansing operation since the end of the second world war in order to create a splendid holiday destination once all the millions of tonnes of rubble have been cleared from Gaza and the Palestinians have died or gone away.
Borrell also explicitly accused Israel of genocidal intent:
We all know what's going on there, and we've all heard the objectives stated by Netanyahu's ministers, which are clear declarations of genocidal intent. Seldom have I heard the leader of a state so clearly outline a plan that fits the legal definition of genocide. [3]
On 26 March, Pakistan's OIC representative said that Israel's desire for a "final solution to the Palestinian question is plain for all to see, as its forces encircle Rafah like vultures and its ravenous land grab continues unabated". [4] In May 2024, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation called on member states to end "the export of weapons and ammunition used by its army to perpetrate the crime of genocide in Gaza". [5]
On 16 August 2025, 31 Arab and Islamic countries and the Arab League released a joint statement condemning "Israel's crimes of aggression, genocide, and ethnic cleansing" in Gaza, and highlighted the need to ensure access to humanitarian aid to "halt the systematic starvation policy used by Israel as a weapon of genocide." [6]
Country | Recognition of genocide | Statement | References |
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![]() | Yes | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Israel's actions as genocide. | [7] [8] |
![]() | Yes | In a speech before the UN General Assembly, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune asked "[W]here is the global conscience that has become absent regarding the genocide being committed?" | [9] |
![]() | Yes | Bangladesh backed South Africa's genocide case against Israel. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the Israeli bombardments on Gaza Strip for "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians and urged the international community to take immediate and effective step to implement an unconditional ceasefire, protect the lives of civilians, and deliver humanitarian aid; it also affirmed its support for Palestinian self-determination and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the basis of the pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. | [10] [11] |
![]() | Forthcoming | Belgium has vowed to support the verdict of the ICJ in South Africa v. Israel. Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot said, "As the foreign minister, it is not up to me to make such statements. But my personal opinion is that this is very close to genocide. I don't know what other horrors have yet to occur before that word can be used." | [12] |
![]() | Yes | On 22 October 2023, Prime Minister John Briceño accused the Israeli government of "committing genocide against the Palestinian people." On 31 January 2025, Belize submitted a request to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ. | [13] [14] |
![]() | Yes | President Luis Arce posted on X that he agreed with President Lula of Brazil concerning "the truth about the genocide that is being committed against the brave Palestinian people". On 8 October 2024, Bolivia submitted a request to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ. | [15] [16] |
![]() | Yes | President Lula da Silva condemned Israel's actions as genocide, saying: "What's happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people hasn't happened at any other moment in history. Actually, it has happened: when Hitler decided to kill the Jews." In June 2025, he accused Israel of carrying out "premediated genocide" in Gaza. On 14 July 2025, it was announced that Brazil would join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ. | [17] [18] |
![]() | Forthcoming | Prime Minister Mark Carney seemingly agreed with a protester who said there was "a genocide happening in Palestine", but later said he had misheard the question. Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Melanie Joly neither endorsed nor rejected South Africa's case against Israel. Joly said she would watch the case "very closely" and Global Affairs Canada promised to abide by any decision the court reaches. | [19] [20] |
![]() | Yes | President Gabriel Boric has condemned both Hamas and Israel's actions in Gaza, saying he refuses to choose between "the terrorism of Hamas and the genocide that Israel is carrying out in Palestine". On 12 October 2024, Chile submitted a request to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ. | [21] [22] [23] |
![]() | Yes | President Gustavo Petro posted on X in Spanish: "It's called genocide, they do it to remove the Palestinian people from Gaza and take it over. The head of the state who carries out this genocide is a criminal against humanity. Their allies cannot talk about democracy." On 29 February 2024, Petro announced the country would cease importing Israeli arms in the wake of the Flour massacre. | [24] [25] [26] |
![]() | Yes | On 11 January 2024 the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed support for South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ, and on 31 March 2024, president Miguel Diaz-Canel stated that "Cuba demands that the genocide stop now." On 22 June 2024, Cuba announced it would join South Africa's case at the ICJ. | [27] [28] [29] |
![]() | Yes | President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh said that Palestinians were being subjected to genocide during the war. | [30] |
![]() | Yes | Egypt registered to formally support South Africa's case, following Israel's seizure of the Rafah Border Crossing. In August 2025, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi accused Israel of carrying out a "systematic genocide" in Gaza. | [31] [32] [33] |
![]() | Unclear | In January 2024, then-Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné said that accusing Israel of genocide is "to cross a moral threshold", casting doubt on whether France would accept the ICJ's verdict in South Africa v. Israel. But France's UN Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière had previously said that France would "see what [the ICJ] decide on this matter and we'll make sure that we'll support the outcome of the decision." | [34] |
![]() | No | Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit rejected the genocide accusation. | [35] |
![]() | Yes | President Mohamed Irfaan Ali has called Israel's actions "nothing short of genocide". | [36] |
![]() | Yes | In a speech before the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2024, President Xiomara Castro called for "an end to the genocide in Gaza". | [37] |
![]() | No | Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó described the genocide accusation as "nonsense". | [38] |
![]() | Yes | Speaking before the UN General Assembly on 23 September 2024, then-Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said that "the ongoing genocide by Israel must be stopped immediately". | [39] |
![]() | Yes | Then-Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian condemned Israel's actions as genocide. | [40] |
![]() | Yes | On 8 May 2024, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani said that Israel's war in Gaza is tantamount to genocide. | [41] |
![]() | Yes | On 7 November 2024, the Dáil Éireann passed a non-binding motion stating that "genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in Gaza". On 11 December, Ireland announced that it was joining South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ; a request to join the case was submitted on 6 January 2025. During a debate in the Dáil Éireann in May 2025, Tánaiste and Foreign Minister Simon Harris spoke of "the genocidal activity of the Netanyahu government" in Gaza. | [42] [43] [44] [45] |
![]() | No | In an interview on 11 January 2024, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that, while Israel has targeted civilians during the war in Gaza, "genocide is something else". | "Israel has hit civilians in Gaza but no genocide - Tajani". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata . 11 January 2024. Archived from the original on 28 December 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024. |
![]() | Yes | Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said that Israel's actions met the legal definition of genocide. | [46] |
![]() | Yes | On 18 March 2024, Kyrgyzstan's government called on Israel and the U.S. to stop the "madness and the genocide" in Gaza. | [47] |
![]() | Yes | Then-Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed concern "with the ongoing genocide against the Palestinians". | [48] [ better source needed ] |
![]() | Yes | In May 2024, Libya filed a declaration of intervention in South Africa's genocide case against Israel as it believes that Israel is committing genocide. | [49] |
![]() | Yes | Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim condemned Israel's actions as genocide and associated the United States as being complicit. | [50] |
![]() | Yes | On 24 September 2024, President Mohamed Muizzu said before the UN General Assembly that "the genocide by Israel in Gaza is a travesty of justice and the international system". | [51] |
![]() | Yes | The government of Mauritania condemned Israel's actions and called on the international community to "impose an immediate cessation of the genocide to which the Palestinian people are subjected". | [52] |
![]() | Yes | In January 2024, President Hage Geingob of Namibia called Israel's actions in Gaza "genocidal and gruesome" and sharply criticised Germany's decision to back Israel in South Africa v. Israel, saying that Germany had an "inability to draw lessons from its horrific history", including the Herero and Nama Genocide in German Southwest Africa. | [53] |
![]() | Yes | Nicaragua has condemned Israel's accusations as genocide and accused Germany of complicity by exchanging weapons to Israel. In October 2024, Nicaragua severed diplomatic ties with Israel after its invasion of Lebanon, calling the Israeli government "fascist" and "genocidal", and Netanyahu "the son of the Devil". On 8 February 2024, Nicaragua submitted a request to join the ICJ's case against Israel at the ICJ, but withdrew the request on 3 April 2025. | [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] |
![]() | Yes | A Foreign Ministry spokesman said a bombing of a hospital during the war "show[ed] that the U.S. is an accomplice who connived at and fostered Israel's genocide". | [59] |
![]() | Forthcoming | On 2 September 2024, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said, "We welcome the use of the ICJ, but leave to the court to assess whether the accusation of genocide is correct." | [60] |
![]() | Yes | The Foreign Ministry condemned Israel's actions as genocide. | [61] |
![]() | Yes | Then-Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani condemned Israel's actions as genocide. | [62] |
![]() | Yes | President Mahmoud Abbas condemned Israel's actions as genocide. Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour said Israel's bombardment and siege of Gaza were "nothing less than genocidal". | [63] [64] |
![]() | No | In a statement on 10 January 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the accusations of genocide presented against Israel at the ICJ. | [65] |
![]() | Yes | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the UN Security Council "to take urgent action to prevent the Israeli occupation forces from storming Rafah and committing genocide in" Rafah. Qatari emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said Israel had committed "a crime of genocide". | [66] [67] |
![]() | Yes | On 11 January 2024, the Prime Minister's office released a statement of support for South Africa's case against Israel at the ICJ, calling on the court to adopt provisional measures to "prevent any further acts of genocide against the Palestinian people". The statement also called on other countries to stop providing material support to Israel, accusing those who continue to do so of being "complicit in genocide before our very eyes". | [68] |
![]() | Yes | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the "continued genocidal massacres against the Palestinian people at the hands of the Israeli war machine". | [69] |
![]() | Yes | Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko condemned Israel's actions as genocide and accused other countries of complicity. | [70] |
![]() | Yes | In an address to the European Parliament on 21 May 2025, President Nataša Pirc Musar said: "We are witnessing genocide in the West Bank. We are looking and keeping quiet." She later clarified that she meant Gaza, not the West Bank. | [71] [72] |
![]() | Yes | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged "swift action to halt Gaza genocide by Israel". | [73] |
![]() | Yes | President Cyril Ramaphosa said, "The fact that Palestinian deaths are not solely caused by bombardment and ground attacks, but also by disease and starvation, indicates a need to protect the group's right to exist". | [74] |
![]() | Yes | In May 2025, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called Israel a "genocidal state." Several government ministers have also publicly called Israel's warfare in Gaza genocide, including Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz, Defence Minister Margarita Robles, Youth Minister Sira Rego, and former Social Affairs Minister Ione Belarra. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares previously said, "Whether this is genocide or not, that is for the [World] court to decide, and Spain of course will support its decision." On 6 June 2024, Spain submitted a request for joining South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ. | [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] |
![]() | Yes | Then-President Bashar al-Assad condemned Israel's actions as genocide. | [80] |
![]() | Yes | According to Wafa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanded an end to Israel's "war of genocide" in May 2024. | [81] |
![]() | Yes | President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned Israel's actions as "amounting to genocide". On 9 February 2024, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that the international community's silence on Israel's actions in Gaza were "complicity in genocide". On 7 August 2024, Turkey submitted a request to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ. | [82] [83] [84] |
![]() | No | The Foreign Office dismissed the accusation of genocide against Israel. Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to call Israel's actions in Gaza "genocide". Northern Irish First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Scottish First Minister John Swinney both stated that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, in July and August 2025 respectively. | [85] [86] [87] |
![]() | No | Then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken dismissed the genocide accusation as "meritless". Then-President Joe Biden dismissed the accusation of genocide against Israel. President Donald Trump has also rejected the allegations of genocide, instead calling it a "war" with Hamas. | [88] [89] [90] |
![]() | Unclear | A resolution adopted by the governing Broad Front coalition in June 2025 condemned the "ethnic cleansing and genocide" committed by Israel in Gaza, drawing criticism from some opposition parties as well as the Israeli embassy. Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin maintained that he views the resolution "positively" and criticized the diplomatic intervention, while insisting on separating the actions of the Broad Front and the government. Lubetkin refrained from stating whether he or the government views the situation as a genocide or not, saying: "Helping Palestine is helping Palestine, not the discussion about the term genocide or massacre." President Yamandú Orsi took a similar position, distancing himself from the statement and saying "it's a declaration of a political force" and "the goverment is another thing [from the party]". | [91] [92] |
![]() | Unclear | In November 2023, several witnesses to a speech by Pope Francis said that he called Israel's actions a genocide, but a Vatican spokesman denied this. Francis later called for an investigation "to determine whether it fits into the technical definition [of genocide] formulated by jurists and international bodies". | [93] [94] |
![]() | Yes | President Nicolás Maduro condemned Israel's actions as genocide. | [95] |
![]() | Yes | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Israel's actions as "war crimes and genocide". | [96] |
The Taliban's response to the current conflict is entirely in support of the Palestinians and calls out Israeli aggression for violating their rights and the sanctity of Al-Aqsa and other mosques in Palestine. In a series of tweets, Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs referred to Israel's bombardment as a "genocide."
We stand in solidarity with the Palestinians, and with countries and organisations calling for the immediate end of the ongoing genocide and bringing its perpetrators to justice.
België verbond zich ertoe het Hof volledig te zullen steunen, zijn beslissingen en beschikkingen.[Belgium committed itself to fully supporting the court, its rulings and orders.]