The Palestinians plan to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel currently before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Palestinian Foreign Ministry in Ramallah has applied to join the case, the court announced in The Hague on Monday evening. The ministry requested this on behalf of Palestine, which is not yet recognized as a state by the United Nations; instead it has observer status at the UN. It is unclear when the court will rule on the Palestinian application. If it were to approve it, the Palestinian authorities would be allowed to actively participate in the proceedi…