Ireland intends to join South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice before the end of the year, its foreign minister said on Thursday.

Micheal Martin’s comments came as the Irish parliament passed a non-binding motion agreeing that “Israel is carrying out genocide before our eyes in Gaza.”

In December, South Africa brought a case to the ICJ, arguing that the war in Gaza violated the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention, a charge Israel has strongly denied.

Several nations have added their weight to the process, including Spain, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Türkiye, Chile and Libya.

Ireland had said it would submit a brief to the court once South Africa had produced a document supporting its claims, which it did on Monday.

“The government’s decision to intervene in the South African case was based on detailed and rigorous legal analysis,” Martin told lawmakers in the Irish parliament, told the Dail.

“Ireland strongly supports the work of the court and is deeply committed to international law and accountability.”

South Africa announced on Monday that it had submitted a so-called memorial to the ICJ alleging “evidence” of a “genocide” committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip.

The document cannot be made public, but is “more than 750 pages of text, supported by annexes and annexes of more than 4,000 pages,” President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office said.

An official at the Hague-based court confirmed on Monday that it had received the document, but declined to give further details.

Ireland has been among the most outspoken critics of Israel’s response to the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks that sparked the latest round of violence across the region.

Irish government parties did not oppose a symbolic motion tabled by opposition groups on Thursday accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians, meaning it was passed during a sparsely attended session.

On Tuesday, Ireland confirmed the appointment of a full Palestinian ambassador for the first time, after Dublin formally recognized a Palestinian state earlier this year.

Ambassador Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid told the Irish Times in an interview published Thursday that Israel should be suspended from the UN for cutting ties with the body’s Palestinian aid agency, UNRWA.

“If you are a member of the UN and you do not abide by the rules of this organization, what does it mean to be a member?” she was quoted as saying.

Not suspending Israel would allow other nations to do the same, added Abdalmajid, whose parents taught in UNRWA-run schools in Gaza.