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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

ICJ International Court of Justice

Judges for the International Court of Justice rise before delivering a non-binding ruling on Israeli rule in the West Bank and East Jerusalem at the ICJ in The Hague on July 19, 2024. (Nick Gammon/AFP)
April 4, 2025, 12:47 am
Nicaragua walks back request to join ICJ genocide case against Israel
FM Gideon Sa’ar praises decision as ‘better late than never,’ urges other signatories to follow suit; Nicaragua sought in February to join the case over Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Two demonstrators wave the Palestinian flag outside the Peace Palace, rear, housing the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands,May 24, 2024. (AP/Peter Dejong)
March 13, 2025, 3:51 am
ICJ to hold hearings next month on Israel’s aid obligations to Palestinians
Proceedings follow UN’s approval of motion calling on The Hague court to clarify what Israel must do to ‘ensure and facilitate the unhindered provision of urgently needed supplies’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Video showing an UNRWA worker next to a white UN jeep, and abducting the body of Jonathan Samerano, who was killed by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. (Screenshot)
March 3, 2025, 9:32 pm
Israel files testimony to World Court regarding hostage held in UNRWA facility
In submission to International Court of Justice defending its legislation banning UNRWA, Israel details involvement of agency staff in October 7 atrocities, terror activity
By Jeremy Sharon
International Court of Justice Judge Yuji Iwasawa delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 7th Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law in metropolitan Manila, Philippines, on August 22, 2019. (AP Photo/ Aaron Favila/ File)
March 3, 2025, 7:43 pm
ICJ elects Japanese judge Yuji Iwasawa as new president, replacing Nawaf Salam
Iwasawa, a member of the court since 2018, was previously a professor of international law at the University of Tokyo and chair of the United Nations Human Rights Committee
By AFP and ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog speaks during a ceremony at the UN marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, at UN headquarters in New York City on January 27, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)
January 27, 2025, 9:32 pm
Herzog at UN slams its ‘moral bankruptcy,’ says terrorists have weaponized it
Speaking at ceremony on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, president accuses ICC and ICJ of ‘manipulating the definition of genocide for the sole purpose of attacking Israel’
By Amy Spiro
Ugandan Judge Julia Sebutinde makes her solemn declaration as a new member of the ICJ in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace in The Hague, March 12, 2012. (ICJ)
January 17, 2025, 4:14 pm
Ugandan judge who backed Israel in genocide case said set to become ICJ chief
Julia Sebutinde, court’s current vice president, is expected to succeed Nawaf Salam after he is appointed Lebanon’s PM; Sebutinde was sole dissenting vote on every ICJ measure
By ToI Staff
President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judge Nawaf Salam delivers the court order on the request by Nicaragua to instruct 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 / File)
January 13, 2025, 9:02 pm
Lebanon’s Aoun taps ICJ chief justice as prime minister, in blow to Hezbollah
Choice of UN court’s Nawaf Salam underlines major power shift among sectarian factions in Beirut since Iran-backed Shiite group was pummeled by Israel, lost sponsor in Syria
By Agencies and ToI Staff
President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judge Nawaf Salam delivers the court order on the request by Nicaragua to instruct 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 / File)
December 26, 2024, 9:14 pm
ICJ takes up UN request for advisory opinion on Israel’s UNRWA ban
General Assembly has asked for the court’s position on the legality of Israel’s legislation severely limiting refugee agency’s operations in the West Bank and Gaza
By Jeremy Sharon
Presiding Judge Nawaf Salam reads a non-binding advisory opinion regarding Israel and disputed territories, in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)
December 20, 2024, 12:01 am
UN votes to ask The Hague if Israel upholding aid obligations to Palestinians
General Assembly resolution is seen as a response to Jerusalem banning UNRWA; ambassador to UN writes letter to Security Council assuring agency can be replaced
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon arrives for a meeting of the UN Security Council, at United Nations headquarters, September 25, 2024. (Frank Franklin II/AP)
November 8, 2024, 3:49 am
Israeli envoy to UN says Trump win offers opportunity to put kibosh on ICC, ICJ probes
Danny Danon tells ToI he expects president-elect to pressure global bodies that hold Israel to double standard, speculates lame duck Biden won’t back UNSC ceasefire resolution
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians gather in a morgue with bodies said to be of relatives allegedly killed in Israeli airstrikes in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 25, 2024. (AP Photo)
October 28, 2024, 9:53 pm
South Africa files its ‘evidence’ of alleged Israeli genocide in Gaza at UN court
750-page document claiming ‘destruction of Palestinians’ is not made public, in accordance with International Court of Justice procedures; Israel has until July 2025 to respond
By Jeremy Sharon
The Meitarim Industrial Zone, near the Meitarim farm outpost in the South Hebron Hills, West Bank, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean).
October 22, 2024, 9:16 pm
Ireland eyes revival of bill to ban trade with Israeli settlements
Dublin says ICJ ruling against Israeli presence in West Bank and Gaza might free it from obligations to European Union trade policy that prevented same legislation passing in 2018
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinian representative Ryad Mansour applauds the result of a vote during the emergency session on the legal consequences of Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories at United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 18, 2024. (Bryan Smith / AFP)
September 18, 2024, 9:17 pm
UN General Assembly demands Israeli pullout from Palestinian areas within 12 months
Resolution put forward by Palestinians urges embargo on arms that might be used in territories; Foreign Ministry says ‘cynical’ motion harms peace, encourages terror
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
Riyad Mansour, Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, arrives at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 10, 2024, at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
September 18, 2024, 3:27 am
UN debates PA resolution demanding Israel leave ‘Occupied Palestinian Territory’
Non-binding text, based on ICJ advisory opinion, declares Jewish state must ‘end without delay its unlawful presence’ in East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza, sets 12-month deadline
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Israel Katz waits for the arrival of his British counterpart, David Lammy, and his French counterpart, Stephane Sejourne, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, August 16, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 8, 2024, 11:47 pm
Katz threatens to ‘break and dissolve’ PA if it pushes UN resolution against Israel
Palestinians have submitted measure to General Assembly demanding Israeli pullout from West Bank, sanctions on senior officials; Foreign Ministry coordinating response with allies
By Lazar Berman
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