The UN’s International Court of Justice is to hear a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The submission also calls on the court to order Israel to stop military operations there. The ICJ will deliver only an opinion on the genocide allegation as the case is not […]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been asked to consider whether Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza. South Africa brought the case to the court. Israel has strongly rejected the allegation, calling it “baseless”. What is the International Court of Justice? The ICJ is the United Nations’s top court. Based in […]
Israel is sending top legal minds, including a Holocaust survivor, to The Hague this week to counter allegations that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The robust engagement with the International Court of Justice is unusual for Israel, which normally considers the United Nations and international tribunals as unfair and biased. The decision […]
Israel is sending top legal minds, including a Holocaust survivor, to The Hague this week to counter allegations that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The robust engagement with the International Court of Justice is unusual for Israel, which normally considers the United Nations and international tribunals as unfair and biased. The decision […]
Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will join a South African government delegation at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the country’s upcoming case accusing Israel of genocide. As per a Pretoria statement, the South African delegation will be joined by “senior political figures from progressive political parties and movements across the globe”, including […]
The International Court of Justice will hold hearings this week on a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza war and seeking an emergency suspension of its military campaign. What is the ICJ? The ICJ, also called the World Court, is the highest United Nations legal body, established in 1945 […]
The International Court of Justice will hold hearings this week on a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza war and seeking an emergency suspension of its military campaign. What is the ICJ? The ICJ, also called the World Court, is the highest United Nations legal body, established in 1945 […]
For the first time since the beginning of the Gaza-Israel war in October, Israel must face the accusation of genocide before an international court, with hearings based on a South African complaint scheduled for January 11 and 12. The dates were announced Wednesday evening by the International Court of Justice, the highest UN court, in […]
Israel will defend itself before the United Nation’s top court against charges that it has engaged in genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, officials said, a rare engagement with the world body, which Israel often denounces as biased against it. South Africa launched the case on Friday at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, […]
Israel will fight South Africa’s claim that it is committing “genocidal” acts in Gaza at the International Court of Justice, an Israeli spokesman has said. “History will judge you, and it will judge you without mercy,” Eylon Levy said, addressing South African leaders. South Africa filed the case at the ICJ on Friday, to Israel’s […]
Israel will defend itself before the United Nation’s top court against charges that it has engaged in genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, officials said, a rare engagement with the world body, which Israel often denounces as biased against it. South Africa launched the case on Friday at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, […]
South Africa has opened a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, accusing it of genocide. Israel responded to the proceedings application by calling it a “blood libel.” South Africa broke diplomatic ties with Israel in November and shut down its embassy in Pretoria. South Africa has opened a case against Israel at the […]