South Africa’s Memorial to the ICJ: More Evidence on Israel’s Genocide
Here is an AI-Generated Podcast based on the article The timing, as with so much in the ongoing wars in Gaza and Lebanon, was most appropriate. The Israeli Knesset had…
ICJ on Gaza
Israel Lobbies US Congress to Pressure South Africa to Drop ICJ Genocide Case
Israeli officials are lobbying U.S. lawmakers to pressure South Africa into dropping its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, according to a report published Monday. Axios said it obtained…
Conventional Wisdom: The ICJ Ruling on Israeli Settlements
The International Court of Justice has again deliberated over the thorn-bloodied subject of Israeli-Palestinian relations. Its latest advisory opinion, sought by the UN General Assembly early last year, was unremarkably…
Israel should withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories Says International Court of Justice ruling
A panel of 17 judges at the Hague-based United Nations top court International Court of Justice said in a landmark ruling on Friday 15 July 2024 that Israeli settlements in…
International Court of Justice finds Israel’s occupation of Palestine illegal
In a devastating condemnation of the Israeli government and its imperialist backers, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Friday that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is unlawful, ordering all countries…
International Court of Justice hearings expose “coordinated plan aimed at the destruction of the essential foundations of Palestinian life”
On Thursday and Friday, the International Court of Justice, located in The Hague, held emergency hearings in the pending case brought by the government of South Africa accusing Israel of…
Germany, Gaza and the World Court: Broadening the Scope of Genocide
Can it get any busier? The World Court, otherwise known as the International Court of Justice, has been swamped by applications on the subject of alleged genocide. The site of…
Understanding ICJ’s Genocide Ruling and Its Impact
The International of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague declared in its preliminary ruling on January 26, 2024, that Israel as an occupying force must act to stop its armed forces…
Israel and its Western Supporters Have Violated the Spirit of ICJ’s Interim Ruling
The recent interim ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) disappointed many, many people by not providing for immediate ceasefire. This disappointment is understandable considering the great need for…
ICJ on Gaza: Acting Against Israel
Five days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced various interim measures aimed at preventing the State of Israel from committing acts in Gaza which come within the scope…
The International Court of Justice Censures Israel for Its Genocidal War
On January 26, 2024, the judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) released their 29-page order that found “plausible” (paragraph 54) evidence that Israel was conducting a genocide against…
War on Gaza, We, the People and the ICJ Delivers Judgment
Looking Beyond the Conflict - the ICJ Reflects on War and its Consequences America and Israel’s shared trajectory of political cynicism about the consequences of the war comes to scrutiny…
The ICJ’s Provisional Orders: The Genocide Convention Applies to Gaza
On January 26, legal experts, policy wonks, activists and the plain curious waited for the order of the International Court of Justice, sitting in The Hague. The topic was that…
Israel’s argument at The Hague: We are Incapable of Genocide
Israel’s relationship with the United Nations, international institutions and international law has at times bristled with suspicion and blatant hostility. In a famous cabinet meeting in 1955, Prime Minister David…
At The Hague, Israel Mounted A Defense Based In An Alternate Reality
A team of Israeli lawyers and officials presented their defense at The Hague on Friday in the second day of the genocide case brought before the International Court of Justice by the…
International Court of Justice hears devastating presentation of Israeli genocide in Gaza
On Thursday, lawyers representing the government of South Africa gave extraordinary arguments before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, arguing that Israel is guilty of perpetrating genocide in…
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