According to a media report, Israel wants to build up international pressure against South Africa’s genocide lawsuit in the Gaza war before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The aim is to avert an interim injunction from the court to stop the fighting immediately, reported the news portal Axios on Friday night, citing a copy of a telegram from the Israeli Foreign Ministry to its embassies abroad. In it, the embassies were instructed to persuade local diplomats and politicians to make a statement against South Africa’s lawsuit. Hearings on the lawsuit are planned for next week. J…