Several hundred join pro-Israel solidarity march to The Hague ahead of ‘genocide’ hearing

THE HAGUE — Several hundred people arrive for a solidarity rally and march with Israel on a freezing cold morning in The Hague in the Netherlands, ahead of proceedings in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) initiated by South Africa against Israel on charges of genocide against Palestinians during the ongoing war in Gaza.

The marchers, who include activists from Christian Zionist organizations as well as members of local Jewish communities, will proceed from a central point in The Hague toward the ICJ  where they will demonstrate in front of a an exhibition highlighting the plight of Israeli hostages held by the Hamas terror group in Gaza.

Raul Berghaus, an activist from Amsterdam, insists that Israel is not committing genocide and says that if any party has committed such a crime in the current conflict, it is Hamas.

“Israel has the right to defend itself and I think unfortunately the only way to do that is to do what is doing,” says Berghaus. “Israel is the only country which warns civilians to leave because we have to do our job.”

The war was sparked by the October 7 Hamas terror onslaught in which some 1,200 people were killed and approximately 240 kidnapped to Gaza and held hostage, mainly civilians.

The hearings in the ICJ are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. local time.