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ISRAEL BRACES FOR CRITICAL TIPPING POINT IN GENOCIDE CASE

EMERGENCY MEASURES



THE WORLD COURT WILL RULE ON SOUTH AFRICA’S REQUEST TO HALT THE WAR IN GAZA ON
FRIDAY.

Shannon Vavra 

National Security Reporter

Published Jan. 24 2024 4:28PM EST 


Reuters / Thilo Schmuelgen


The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ highest legal
body, is slated to rule on Friday whether it will issue interim measures against
Israel on charges of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Representatives from South Africa, which brought forth the case against Israel
earlier this month, are requesting that the ICJ order a permanent ceasefire in
Gaza. The ICJ ruling this week is expected to touch on emergency measures
against Israel, but likely will not rule on the overall question of genocide. If
the case goes forward, it could take years, according to the AP.

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Genocide is the destruction of a group of people with intent to destroy a
national, ethnic, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Genocide can
also include instances where a party forces on a group conditions of life that
are calculated to bring about the destruction of the group, according to the
Genocide Convention.

Judicial bodies, including the ICJ, have previously determined events to be
genocides, including in the case of the killings of Bosnian Muslims at
Srebrenica in 1995.

Israel has killed 25,700 Palestinians since launching war in Gaza after Hamas
attacked Israel in October, according to figures released Wednesday from the
Hamas-run Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Israel Is Accused of Genocide in Court: ‘No One Is Spared’‘EVEN NEWBORN BABIES’
Dan Ladden-Hall

The ICJ development comes as Israel begins a new phase of war, in which it has
said it intends to be more targeted with its operations on “terror hotspots” in
Gaza. Despite claims that it only intends to go after Hamas, the Israeli
military has failed to limit civilian casualties, in some cases attacking zones
it had previously marked as safe for civilians.

Israel has also imposed an air, land, and sea blockade on Gaza since 2007.

The Biden Administration has gone to great lengths to acknowledge that Israel
could do a better job of not killing innocent civilians, while also claiming
that Israel’s war in Gaza does not constitute a genocide.

The accusation is “meritless, counterproductive, and completely without any
basis in fact whatsoever,” John Kirby, White House National Security Council
coordinator has previously said.

“The accusation that Israel is committing genocide—we believe that accusation is
unfounded,” Vedant Patel, deputy State Department spokesperson, told reporters
early this week.

“Israel has a moral and strategic imperative to take additional steps to ensure
that impacts on civilians are minimized,” Patel added. “We have been very clear
that more steps need to be taken, and that the toll on Palestinian civilians and
the lives that have already been lost are far too many.”




SHANNON VAVRA

National Security Reporter

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