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However, this order may put pressure on Israel’s allies and military backers — including the U.S., which had previously described South Africa’s case as “meritless.”
The bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement with aid for Ukraine and Israel could fall apart due to former President Donald Trump. After months of negotiation, the deal was close to being finalized.
The Biden administration is pausing a decision on approving a Louisiana liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project, that would be the country’s largest natural gas export project. The Department of Energy will look at the impact of these plants on the environment, public health and the economy.
The Last Stand of State: The Challenge of Israel to Protect Our Country and Our People from the Laws of the ICJ’s Censorship
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Israel must prevent destruction and ensure the preservation of evidence relating to the charge of genocide by the court. Israel was given 30 days to report on the measures taken.
Israel has an inherent right to defend itself, said Netanyahu in a video released by his office. The vile attempt to deny Israel this fundamental right is blatant discrimination against the Jewish state, and it was justly rejected… We will be doing everything we can to defend our country and people.
Donoghue read statements from Israeli officials which she thinks made South Africa’s case plausible. She also gave a bleak assessment of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza.
This is the second time a state has brought a charge of genocide against another. In 2019, The Gambia took Myanmar to the ICJ, accusing it of a genocide against the Rohingya. The court approved emergency measures to protect the Muslim minority in the country.
Israel’s response to Hamas: genocidal or not? Palestinians are innocent in Gaza, and the Israeli government is behind the law
Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza strip has so far killed more than 26,000 people — approximately 1% of the prewar population — according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel’s offensive is in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 240 taken hostage, according to Israeli officials.
The court was told by Hassim that “genocdes are never declared in advance,” but that Israel’s actions over the past three months showed a systematic pattern of conduct that she argued was proof of genocidal intent.
As a result, she said, more than 1,800 families in Gaza have lost multiple family members, and 85% of all Palestinians in Gaza have been forced to flee their homes.
The presentation by the Israeli government acknowledged the suffering of civilians in Gaza, but argued that it had no genocidal intent. The high civilian death toll, Israel argued, was the consequence of Hamas waging war among non-combatants.
The Irish lawyer who is supporting South Africa’s legal team told the court that entire multi-generational families will be obliterated. She warned that yet more children would be orphaned by what she called “Israel’s genocidal assault on the Palestinian population in Gaza.”
After the court heard South Africa’s case, Israel presented its defense. Tal Becker said in Israel’s opening arguments that Hamas was to blame for Palestinian civilian deaths.
Becker called the request by South Africa to the court to order a cease-fire “unconsumptions” and said that it was attempting to undermine Israel’s right to defend itself.