ICJ president says conditions to issue provisional measures against Israel have been met

President of the International Court of Justice Judge Joan Donoghue cites several inflammatory comments made by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, then-Energy Minister Yisrael Katz and President Isaac Herzog, which could be interpreted as seeking to kill civilians in Gaza.

“The aforementioned facts and circumstances are sufficient to conclude that at least some rights of the Palestinians to be protected from acts of genocide and related prohibited acts in Article 3 of the Genocide Convention, and the rights of South Africa to seek protection of these rights,” states Donoghue.

These comments appear to indicate that the ICJ accepts that there is plausibility to South Africa’s claims that the Palestinians need to be protected from genocide by Israel under the terms of the Genocide Convention.

Donoghue states therefore that the “conditions required by its statue to indicate [provisional measures] have been met.”