From: The Times of Israel April 3, 2025
Nicaragua walks back request to join ICJ genocide case against Israel

FM Gideon Sa’ar praises decision as ‘better late than never,’ urges other signatories to follow suit;

1. Nicaragua sought in February to join the case over Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
2. Nicaragua on Tuesday told the International Court of Justice ICJ it is withdrawing its request to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel.

The court issued a press release on Thursday confirming the withdrawal No reason was offered for the move.

It came less than two months after Nicaragua requested to join the case in early February.
It also followed the country’s claim before the court last year that Germany violated the genocide convention for selling arms to Israel.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar praised Nicaragua’s withdrawal on Thursday, posting on X “Better late than never.”

“Nicaragua has withdrawn its morally repugnant intervention in the baseless and outrageous case that was filed by South Africa against Israel at the ICJ,” he wrote, after a similar tweet in Hebrew. “Others that made the same mistake should follow suit,” he concluded.