As you’re probably aware by now, the International Court of Justice at the Hague is hearing arguments this week in a case brought by South Africa against Israel. South Africa has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and is asking the court to demand an immediate ceasefire. Critics have compared South Africa’s actions to “lawfare.”
The 84-page application instituting proceedings against Israel includes a request that the Court require Israel to immediately suspend its war against Hamas. The case that South Africa brings is a clear example of “lawfare”, an abuse of legal processes and legal institutions in order to advance political and propaganda aims against Israel and buttress the internationally proscribed terrorist organisation Hamas…
The definition of genocide is not at issue; it is well settled, commonly agreed and articulated at Article II of the…
