"Rather than play a positive role, South Africa has chosen to expend its time and energy in filing a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice," the South African Jewish Board of Deputies said in a statement.
This comes as Parliament is scheduled to vote on an Economic Freedom Fighters motion on Tuesday, to shut down the Israeli Embassy in South Africa and cut diplomatic relations.
The orginisation, as well as the South African Zionist Federation, met with the African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday to raise the concerns of the Jewish community living in South Africa.
Cabinet announced this week that it deemed Israeli Ambassador Eliav Belotserkovsky s comments about South Africans in support of the plight of Palestinians untenable and it instructed International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor to take appropriate action.