A man holds a Palestinian flag as they take part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the High Court in Cape Town on January 11, 2024. Dozens of people took to the streets in Cape Town on on January 11, 2024 in one of several demonstrations planned across South Africa in support of the government’s landmark "genocide" case against Israel.

File: Commercial ships and an Israeli naval vessel are seen in the port city of Haifa, Israel, along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea on December 21, 2023, after the United States announced its plans to establish a multinational coalition to protect cargo ships sailing through the Red Sea from attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi group.

Protestors wave Israeli flags during a demonstration simultaneously at the hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on a genocide complaint by South Africa against Israel, in The Hague, January 11, 2024.

South Africa's Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola (R) exits the building to deliver remarks to journalists outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) after the first day of hearings on the genocide case against Israel brought by South Africa, in The Hague on January 11, 2024.

South Africa's Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola (R) delivers remarks to journalists outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) after the first day of hearings on the genocide case against Israel brought by South Africa, in The Hague on January 11, 2024.