The International Court of Justice imposed new provisional measures in South Africa’s case against Israel for its genocide in Gaza, ordering Israel to ensure the entry of food and other supplies in order to stop the spreading famine.
Some have argued that the ICJ ruling on the Gaza genocide proves that international law is a tool of the dominant, too corrupted by the great powers to achieve true justice. But the ICJ offered a way of isolating Israel, and that is a source of hope.
A ruling by the International Court of Justice in favor of South Africa, which has accused Israel of genocide, could mean saving thousands of lives in Gaza. The alternative, however, could be devastating and further embolden Israeli violence.
South Africa’s 84 page long Application to the International Court of Justice to begin proceedings against Israel for its genocide in Gaza is a devastating document laying out Israel’s genocidal acts and statements in horrifying detail.
Israeli airstrikes kill another Palestinian journalist in Gaza, as the Wall Street Journal writes that the current Israeli rampage in Gaza ranks among the most devastating in modern history. Israel slams South Africa’s ICJ case as “blood libel.”
The evidence for Israel’s commission of acts of genocide in Gaza is irrefutable. International law gives states the tools to stop them from happening.