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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)
September 7, 2026, 9:55 am
Germany to fight claims at ICJ it is ‘facilitating’ Gaza genocide by arming Israel
Berlin – the second-largest supplier of arms to Israel – rejects allegations in case filed by Nicaragua at International Court of Justice, saying it has ‘no basis in fact or law’
By AP and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at an event in Sa-Nur in the West Bank on April 19, 2026. (Courtesy Bezalel Smotrich)
April 19, 2026, 6:35 pm
Smotrich urges PM to order the IDF to ‘prepare for the full occupation’ of Gaza
Far-right minister repeats call for rebuilding settlements in Strip; Likud minister calls reestablishment of West Bank settlement evacuated in 2005 ‘a moment of historical justice’
By Sam Sokol
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)
March 21, 2026, 5:25 am
Germany pulls support for Israel in ICJ genocide case as it faces own accusations
Berlin says it cannot support Israel’s case against charges without compromising defense of accusations by Nicaragua that Germany violated international law by backing Gaza war
By Shira Li Bartov
An anti-Israel activist protests outside the Israel Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, October 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
January 30, 2026, 4:21 pm
South Africa expels Israel’s top envoy; Jerusalem reciprocates
Pretoria accuses Israeli diplomat of insulting president, failing to notify government of visits by Israeli officials; both sides declare envoys personae non gratae
By Reuters
A boy sits outside the entrance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) building complex in Gaza City on September 6, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
January 13, 2026, 11:05 pm
UN chief threatens to refer Israel to World Court over laws targeting UNRWA
In letter to PM, Guterres says legislation violates obligations under international law; UN envoy Danon says UN chief threatening Israel instead of dealing with terror in agency
By Reuters
In this September 7, 2017, file photo, smoke rises from a burned house in Gawdu Zara village, northern Rakhine state, where the vast majority of Myanmar's 1.1 million Rohingya lived. (AP Photo, File)
January 12, 2026, 10:28 am
UN court to begin hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya
ICJ may use case to broaden definition of genocide in international law, which could influence dispute between South Africa and Israel over war in Gaza
By AP and ToI Staff
Presiding judge Yuji Iwasawa, third right, opens the International Court of Justice hearings into a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
December 23, 2025, 8:54 pm
Belgium joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
Brussels files declaration of intervention at The Hague, but says move intended to clarify its interpretation of international law rather than fully back case against Israel
By AFP and ToI Staff
UN vehicles escort a destroyed truck reportedly used by UNRWA workers that was fired upon by Israeli forces, as it is carried by a trailer vehicle along Gaza's main Salah al-Din road outside Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on October 23, 2024. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
December 13, 2025, 5:36 am
UN backs ICJ declaration that UNRWA isn’t infiltrated by Hamas; Israel denounces vote
Head of Palestinian welfare agency hails ‘strong endorsement’ from General Assembly; US slams ‘unserious and biased’ resolution, condemns UNWRA as ‘a Hamas subsidiary complicit in Oct. 7’
By ToI Staff
Judges of the International Court of Justice hear arguments on the UN General Assembly's request for an advisory opinion on the "Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory," April 2025. (Courtesy International Court of Justice)
October 22, 2025, 9:43 pm
ICJ says Israel obligated to work with UNRWA; Jerusalem ‘categorically rejects’ notion
In non-binding opinion, top UN court dismisses Israeli submission on Hamas ‘infiltration’ of Palestinian relief agency, claiming insufficient evidence that it is not neutral
By Jeremy Sharon
Presiding judge Yuji Iwasawa, third right, opens the International Court of Justice hearings into a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
October 22, 2025, 12:35 pm
World Court to give opinion on Israel’s aid obligations for Gaza, West Bank
Proceedings stem from Israel’s ban on UNRWA aid agency, predating the current US-brokered Gaza ceasefire agreement, whose provisions on aid Israel is living up to
By AP and ToI Staff
Deputy Attorney General for International Law Gilad Noam, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Chief Military Advocate Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi. (Photos by Nick Gammon / AFP, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 9, 2025, 1:21 pm
Opinion: Israel is committing war crimes – and its legal heads remain silent
The silence of Israel’s three senior legal officials charged with ensuring that Israel’s military operations comply with the rules of international law is indefensible
By Yuval Yoaz
Palestinians carry sacks and boxes of food and humanitarian aid, unloaded from a World Food Program convoy heading to Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
July 16, 2025, 10:05 pm
‘Manifestly illegal’: In Katz’s plan for Gaza ‘humanitarian city,’ experts see war crime
Senior Israeli academics have warned forcing Palestinians into a closed-off area would be legally unjustified and constitute crimes against humanity
By Jeremy Sharon
Relatives rally in Paris in support of French nationals being held by Iran Cecile Kohler, Jacques Paris and Olivier Grondeau on February 1, 2025. (Sébastien Dupuy/AFP)
May 16, 2025, 12:09 pm
France issues complaint against Iran at ICJ over detained citizens
Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris were detained on espionage charges in 2022; move comes as France set to meet with Iran in Turkey over Iranian nuclear program
By AFP and ToI Staff
People who fled the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced after it fell under RSF control, rest in a makeshift encampment in an open field near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on April 13, 2025. (AFP)
May 6, 2025, 2:47 pm
International Court of Justice throws out Sudan genocide case against UAE
ICJ says it ‘manifestly lacked’ jurisdiction to rule, points to ‘reservation’ stipulated by United Arab Emirates against countries suing each other, when it joined court in 2005
By AFP and ToI Staff
Presiding judge Yuji Iwasawa opens the International Court of Justice hearings into a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
April 30, 2025, 6:22 pm
At World Court hearing, US backs Israel’s right to ban UNRWA from Gaza
Legal adviser to administration argues international law gives Israel the right to decide which organizations run relief operations in Strip
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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