Expert breaks down how South Africa v Israel case will be processed at Hague-based world court
The first time a case was brought to the ICJ alleging violation of the Genocide Convention was in 1993 by Bosnia against Yugoslavia. The second case was in 2019 by The Gambia against Myanmar. The third case was by Ukraine against Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Israel hires renowned legal minds, including a Holocaust survivor, to battle genocide claims at ICC
The genocide charge strikes at the heart of Israel’s national identity. The country sees itself as a bulwark of security for Jews after six million were killed in the Holocaust. International support for Israel’s creation in 1948 was deeply rooted in outrage over Nazi atrocities.
Israel’s war strategy against Hamas shifts to deadlier, indiscriminate strikes on Iran-linked targets
The intensified air campaign has killed 19 Hezbollah members in Syria in three months – more than twice the rest of 2023 combined, according to a Reuters count. More than 130 Hezbollah fighters have also been killed by Israeli shelling of southern Lebanon in the same period.
US Secretary of State Blinken to visit UAE, Saudi, Israel, seeking to avert wider Middle East war
Jordan’s King Abdullah urged Blinken to use Washington’s influence over Israel to press it for an immediate ceasefire and warned of the “catastrophic repercussions” of Israel’s continued military campaign.
US’ CIA uncovers how Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch planned and carried out Iran blasts
ISIS on Thursday claimed responsibility for the bombings, saying two operatives wearing explosive suicide belts staged the attack during a memorial service for Qassem Soleimani, a senior military commander assassinated in Iraq in a 2020 US drone strike.
University of Pennsylvania professors in Israel speak out on US campus antisemitism
Outrage mounted on December 5 when then-president Liz Magill declined to give a US congressional committee a definitive “yes” or “no” answer to the question of whether calling for genocide of Jews violated the school code of conduct.
More than 100 killed in ‘terrorist attacks’ near tomb of Iranian Guards’ Soleimani
Babak Yektaparast, a spokesperson for Iran’s emergency services, was reported as saying 73 people had been killed and 170 injured. State television said later that at least 100 people had been killed.
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel sets up high-stakes legal battle at International Criminal Court
Many South Africans, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, have compared Israel’s policies regarding Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank with South Africa’s past apartheid regime of racial segregation. Israel rejects such allegations.
Possibility of Gaza war spreading high following killing of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut
US spy agencies assessed that Hamas and Islamic Jihad had used Al Shifa to command forces and hold some hostages but largely evacuated it before Israeli troops entered, a US official said on Tuesday, citing declassified US intelligence.
Troops pullout from Gaza signals Israel’s switch to low intensity war, but continues to pummel enclave
Artillery fire between Hezbollah and Israel has rattled the border since the start of the Gaza conflict, with Israel’s military saying it carried out an air strike on Monday. The Israeli official said the situation on the Lebanese border “will not be allowed to continue. This coming six-month period is a critical moment.”