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UN court opens hearings on Israeli occupation

Israel has chosen not to send a representative, saying the court lacks jurisdiction to consider the matter

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President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) US lawyer Joan Donoghue (2R) confers with colleagues at the court in The Hague on January 12, 2024, (Photo by REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/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)

How to dismantle South Africa’s ‘genocide’ case against Israel

By Daniel Ben-David

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President Joan Donoghue (C), and other judges in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) take their seats prior to the hearing on the genocide case against Israel, brought by South Africa, in The Hague on January 11, 2024. (Photo by REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

ICJ kicks off hearings in ‘genocide’ case against Israel

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Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court Aharon Barak attends the conference of the Israeli newspaper "Makor Rishon" at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) ??????? ??? ???? ????? ???

Netanyahu taps former opponent Aharon Barak to represent Israel in ICJ genocide case

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