Germany will respect ICJ decision on South Africa's Israel appeal

Germany will respect the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ruling in a request by South Africa for emergency measures against Israel, a government spokesperson said on Friday.

The ICJ ruling on Friday will not deal with the core accusation of the case - whether genocide occurred - but will focus on the urgent intervention sought by South Africa.

"At this point, I would wait for the judgement and not talk about what would happen," added the spokesperson when asked about Germany's reaction to further consequences of the ruling. (Writing by Miranda Murray, Editing by Rachel More)