The response of Israel's mass media and most Israeli politicians has been to treat the case as simple anti-semitism, but the fact the government hired top-flight international lawyers to defend itself before the court reveals a different reality.
The two sides have had their day in court, one day each, actually. The seventeen judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have now retired to consider what interim decisions they should make on South Africa's accusation that Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip amount to the crime of genocide. Read More
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