How is Middle East reacting to South Africa's Gaza genocide ICJ case against Israel? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

Jan 11, 2024

People raise flags and placards as they gather around a statue of late South African president Nelson Mandela to celebrate a landmark "genocide" case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice, in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on January 10, 2024. — People raise flags and placards as they gather around a statue of late South African President Nelson Mandela to celebrate a landmark "genocide" case filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice, in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, Jan. 10, 2024. — MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images

Judges enter the courtroom prior to the verdict in the case against Japanese whaling at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands, on March 31, 2014. The UN's top International Court of Justice will rule today whether Japan has the right to hunt whales in the Antarctic, in an emotive case activists say is make-or-break for the giant mammal's future. AFP PHOTO / ANP / MARTIJN BEEKMAN ***Netherlands out*** (Photo credit should read Martijn Beekman/AFP via Getty Images)

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Rina Bassist

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A pro Palestinian activist waves Palestinian and South African flags as she demonstrates following the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling of the case against Israel brought by South Africa in The Hague at the U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg on January 26, 2024. South African lawyers presented their case at the UN's top court in The Hague, where South Africa lodged an urgent appeal to force Israel to "immediately suspend" its military operations in Gaza. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled

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Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

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A general view of the International Court of Justice during a public hearing, The Hague, June 6, 2023.

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an overview of the buildings of the International Criminal Court ICC CPI in The Hague.

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What to expect as Israel, South Africa face off over Gaza genocide case at ICJ

Rina Bassist

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