President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on the ICJ order
Application Instituting Proceedings
VIDEO OF DAY ONE: Proceeding at The Hague, January 11, 2024
Why Israel’s war on Gaza is textbook genocide.
link from Jewish Voice for Peace website
John J. Mearsheimer: Genocide in Gaza
“I am writing to flag a truly important document that should be widely circulated and read carefully by anyone interested in the ongoing Gaza War.
Specifically, I am referring to the 84-page “application” that South Africa filed with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 29 December 2023, accusing Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza. It maintains that Israel’s actions since the war began on 7 October 2023 “are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnic … group in the Gaza Strip.” (1) That charge fits clearly under the definition of genocide in the Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a signatory.”