International Court of Justice

Case accusing Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya to open at ICJ

The outcome will have repercussions beyond Myanmar, likely affecting South Africa’s genocide case at the ICJ against Israel over the war in Gaza.

|ByREUTERS, SHOSHANA BAKER, LARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF
Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.
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Wikipedia's Israel page now unequivocally states Jewish state is 'committing genocide'

The edit was made on December 11 and has not been reversed since, despite extensive discussion between editors. The section appears at the end of the third paragraph in the top section of the page.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
JUDGES ARRIVE for a session of the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

Stopping Jews from bettering mankind: What drives modern antisemitic conspiracies - opinion

The unbridled hatred toward Jews and the State of Israel can be attributed to the baffling need to disavow a race of people who have dedicated themselves to blessing a world that doesn’t want them.

|ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
A PROTESTER draped in a Palestinian flag holds up a sign near the International Court of Justice in The Hague, in May. Taken all the way to the ICJ, the defamation accusation against Israel fell flat when no one could effectively or credibly prosecute the case for such an outlandish assertion

World Court to give opinion on Israel's obligations to allow aid to Palestinians

In April this year, lawyers for the United Nations and Palestinian representatives at the ICJ accused Israel of breaking international law by refusing to let aid into Gaza between March and May.

|ByREUTERS

Is Israel ready for the next legal war crimes tidal wave? - analysis

Israel is facing the most daunting and critical period in decades as IDF lawyers are trying to balance both global and domestic pressures.

MARCH 18, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Public hearing held by ICJ to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024.

Israel says South Africa exploiting World Court on behalf of Hamas

A South African government spokesperson dismissed the accusation.

MARCH 7, 2024ByREUTERS
A boy holds a Palestinian flag during a demonstration to express support for the people of Palestine, in Cape Town, South Africa, October 9, 2023.

South Africa asks ICJ to up action on genocide claim due to Gaza hunger

“Palestinian children are starving to death as the direct result of the deliberate acts and omissions of Israel,” South Africa said in its statement to the court.

MARCH 6, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, HANNAH SARISOHN
Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rule on emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, January 26, 2024.

Nicaragua files case at World Court against Germany for aiding Israel

Nicaragua asked the ICJ, also known as the World Court, to issue emergency measures requiring Berlin to stop its military aid to Israel.

MARCH 1, 2024ByREUTERS
WHILE MANY view the ICJ as an independent judicial body, it is inherently political. Its judges are elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council, bodies notorious for anti-Israel bias, the writer says.

South Africa condemns Israel over deaths of Palestinians awaiting aid

"South Africa condemns the massacre of 112 Palestinians and the injury of hundreds more as they sought life-saving aid," South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation said.

MARCH 1, 2024ByREUTERS
A boy holds a Palestinian flag during a demonstration to express support for the people of Palestine, in Cape Town, South Africa, October 9, 2023.

Israel files report with world court on Gaza measures, Israeli official says

The official did not provide details on the content of the report, which was filed hours before the deadline for its submission.

FEBRUARY 26, 2024ByREUTERS
WHILE MANY view the ICJ as an independent judicial body, it is inherently political. Its judges are elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council, bodies notorious for anti-Israel bias, the writer says.

Peace cannot be achieved by UN bullying or kangaroo courts - opinion

Peace will only be possible when the Palestinian Authority eliminates its pay-for-slay law and when Palestinian schoolchildren will be taught to acknowledge and respect the citizens of Israel.

FEBRUARY 26, 2024ByRABBI ABRAHAM COOPER/THE MEDIA LINE
Members of the International Court of Justice attend a hearing for alleged violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity between Iran and the U.S., at the International Court in The Hague, Netherlands August 27, 2018.

Turkey tells World Court occupation is root cause of Israeli-Palestinian conflict

"The unfolding situation after October 7 proves once again that, without addressing the root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there can be no peace in the region," he said.

FEBRUARY 26, 2024ByREUTERS
International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds a hearing to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's 'occupation' of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 19, 2024.

How will ICJ genocide report, IDF chief lawyer letter impact war crimes debate? - analysis

Though only an interim report, this will be even more comprehensive than the ICJ report coming out this week. 

FEBRUARY 25, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters pose for a photo in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, last Friday. ‘The ICJ has handed Israel, however unintentional it may be, a golden public relations ticket that it so desperately needs,’ the writer argues.

Hamas praises China for its support at the ICJ

China has become increasingly aligned with the Palestinian cause in the last couple of years.

FEBRUARY 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Abu Obaidah, the spokesman of the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, gestures as he speaks during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019