It is important to note that what we see is not based on October 7 but the development of a new antisemitic ideological claim of Israel being the new apartheid.
In soccer terminology, Israel received a yellow card but was spared, for now at least, a red card, having been unable to get the ICJ to throw out South Africa's case against it.
The South African charge is outrageous, meritless, scandalous, without foundation, a blood libel… to cite only a few of the adjectives used. Here is why it should have been rejected by the court.
This article will attempt to explain the historic and policy considerations that led to South Africa’s submission of a document that it did not have the resources to create.
“For Jews, this country no longer feels like a safe space or ‘home,’” writes Howard Sackstein of the SA Jewish Report after South Africa's anti-Israel activity during the Hamas war.
She will serve alongside Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam, who was elected president of the court. They will hold their positions for three years.
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 will be announced at 11 am on Friday, October 11, 2024, and is chosen by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
The new judge has previously claimed that critics of Israel are labeled antisemites "to intimidate and discredit them."
Israelis who prioritize the rescue of hostages have clashed with Israelis who believe that the IDF completely removing Hamas from power should be the priority.
The hearing will begin this month on the request submitted by the UN, and the decision could be published as early as this year.
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