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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

Genocide Convention

South Africa Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela addresses the International Court of Justice in oral arguments asking the court to order Israel to halt its military campaign against Hamas, May 16, 2024. (International Court of Justice)
May 16, 2024, 10:15 pm
Rafah offensive is ‘Israeli endgame to destroy Gaza,’ South Africa alleges at ICJ
In latest application to world court, Pretoria claims Rafah is Gaza’s last habitable area, says IDF operation there will realize ‘Israel’s declared aim of wiping Gaza from the map’
By Jeremy Sharon
President of the International Court of Justice Judge Joan E. Donoghue delivers the court's order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa against Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (Courtesy International Court of Justice)
May 6, 2024, 7:16 pm
‘Plausibility’ in the South African genocide case against Israel is not what it seemed
The ICJ’s ruling found that the Palestinians had a ‘plausible right’ to be protected from genocide under the Genocide Convention, not that genocide was plausibly taking place
By Jeremy Sharon
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its order on the request by Nicaragua to order Germany to cease arms sales to Israel against the background of the conflict in Gaza at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the ICJ, April 30, 2024. (Courtesy: International Court of Justice)
April 30, 2024, 9:38 pm
World Court refuses to take action against Germany for arms sales to Israel
ICJ says circumstances ‘at present’ do not require intervention, but reminds Germany of obligations not to violate Geneva and Genocide conventions when approving arms sales
By Jeremy Sharon
Head of the Otzma Yehudit party, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 1, 2024 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 10, 2024, 9:26 pm
Rights group demands probes of potential genocide incitement in light of ICJ orders
The Adalah legal center alleges that law enforcement agencies have systematically ignored genocidal incitement against Gazans, including by ministers and MKs, since October 7
By Jeremy Sharon
A pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrator holds a sign outside the International Court of Justice, rear, in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024. (AP Photo/ Peter Dejong)
April 7, 2024, 9:43 pm
ICJ set to begin hearings on Nicaragua’s claim Germany aiding Israel’s ‘genocide’
World Court to hold preliminary hearing Monday, with Nicaragua seeking to halt Berlin’s military aid to Israel; Germany rejects accusations it is in breach of Genocide Convention
By AP
File - UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses the UN, October 2022. (Screenshot/ YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 26, 2024, 8:43 am
Contentious UN rapporteur accuses Israel of several acts of ‘genocide’ in Gaza
Francesca Albanese, who has history of antisemitic remarks and appeared to justify Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, claims ‘reasonable grounds’ to say Israel violating Genocide Convention
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A protester waving the Palestinian flag stands outside the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, January 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
March 19, 2024, 9:47 am
Israel slams ‘repugnant’ South African ICJ request for more Gaza measures
Lawyers for Israel at World Court deny allegations offensive against Hamas is deliberately causing humanitarian suffering, call Pretoria’s repeated requests an abuse of procedures
By Agencies and ToI Staff
File: The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UN, delivers its order South Africa's request for provisional measures against Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (International Court of Justice)
February 26, 2024, 11:50 pm
Israel reports to ICJ in The Hague on actions taken to comply with court orders on Gaza
Amid South African accusation of genocide, judges instructed Jerusalem last month to specify efforts to protect civilians; details of report not released to public
By Jeremy Sharon and Agencies
Displaced Palestinians gather to receive food at a government school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 19, 2024. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
February 26, 2024, 2:43 am
Report card: Israel to file compliance update to ICJ over genocide charges
Israel’s submission will likely focus on efforts to improve Gaza humanitarian situation and steps to crack down on speech that may amount to incitement to genocide
By Jeremy Sharon
File: The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UN, delivers its order South Africa's request for provisional measures against Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (International Court of Justice)
February 1, 2024, 1:23 pm
What does Israel need to do to comply with the ICJ genocide decision?
Provisional measures ordered by the court that Israel alleviate the humanitarian situation in Gaza and prevent incitement to genocide will be key to demonstrating compliance
By Jeremy Sharon
President Isaac Herzog speaks at an event at the President’s Residence honoring IDF soldiers killed in the war against Hamas in Gaza, in Jerusalem, January 28, 2024. (Screenshot: YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 29, 2024, 1:59 am
‘A blood libel’: Herzog says ICJ ‘twisted my words’ to support ‘unfounded’ contention
President ‘disgusted’ by judges using ‘partial, fragmented quotes’ in genocide ruling, ignoring accompanying remarks that Israel follows international law, doesn’t target civilians
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up an Arabic copy of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' found in Gaza during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 27, 2024 (Tomer Appelbaum/POOL)
January 27, 2024, 11:35 pm
PM: World Court’s handling of false genocide claims shows Holocaust lessons not learned
Netanyahu says South Africa serving ‘the new Nazis’ of Hamas, argues protests for hostages harms efforts for their release, spars with reporters
By ToI Staff
Retired Supreme Court President Aharon Barak sworn in as Israel’s appointee to the bench at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, January 11, 2024 (ICJ)
January 26, 2024, 10:06 pm
Justice Barak: ICJ ruling based on scant evidence; Ugandan judge: Legal case a ‘desperate bid’
Two justices issue dissenting opinions to court’s finding ‘plausible’ South African concerns of genocidal acts; Barak: Pretoria wrongly sought to impute the crime of Cain to Abel
By ToI Staff
Residents react as they gather to watch the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling of the case against Israel brought by South Africa in The Hague at the Dullah Omar Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, on January 26, 2024, during an event organized by the South African ruling African National Congress party. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)
January 26, 2024, 7:24 pm
EU urges implementation of ICJ ruling; S. Africa, Hamas, Qatar, Turkey hail decision
US stands by assertion genocide claim unfounded, says that like court, it too has pushed Israel on civilian deaths, aid, incendiary comments; Hamas: Ruling helps ‘isolate Israel’
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Presiding judge Joan Donoghue, right, opens the session at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
January 26, 2024, 5:12 pm
ICJ tells Israel to ‘prevent genocide’ in Gaza, rejects ordering immediate ceasefire
In its decision, Hague court finds there is ‘plausibility’ to South Africa’s claims that the rights of Palestinian not to be subjected to genocide must be urgently protected
By Jeremy Sharon
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