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Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rule on emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, January 26, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

South Africa asks World Court to weigh Israel's Rafah offensive

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) last month ordered Israel to take all measures within its power to prevent its troops from committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, in a case...

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Bangladesh

South African president greets PM on her reelection

Ambassador Yousef SY Ramadan spoke to journalists on 1 February.
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Grateful to Bangladesh, South Africa: Palestinian ambassador

The moral weight of this judgement will have a huge effect on the psychology of those countries who have been supporting Israel unconditionally thus far. Photo: Bloomberg
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Why the ICJ ruling, despite falling short on ceasefire, is damaging for Israel

Starved prisoner's, nearly dead from hunger, at one of the largest Nazi Concentration camps at Evensee Austria, in the Austrian Alps, on 7 May 1945. Many were starving to death and inmates were dying at the rate of 2,000 per week. The camp was reputedly used for 'Scientific' experiments. It was liberated by the 80th Division, US Third Army. (AP Photo, File)
World+Biz

How genocide officially became a crime, and why South Africa is accusing Israel of committing it

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rule on emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, January 26, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Hamas-Israel war

World Court orders Israel to prevent acts of genocide, fails to order ceasefire

An Israeli tank takes position on the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, January 25, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Hamas-Israel war

Israel braces for World Court ruling, focuses attack on south Gaza

A Jewish demonstrator holds a placard on the day judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hear a request for emergency measures to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Hamas-Israel war

UN court to issue ruling Friday on South Africa's request for order to halt Israel's Gaza offensive

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Panorama

Bringing down a house of cards: South Africa Vs Israel at The Hague

People sit inside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the day of the trial to hear a request for emergency measures by South Africa, who asked the court to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza and to desist from what South Africa says are genocidal acts committed against Palestinians during the war with Hamas in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Hamas-Israel war

Israel rejects genocide charges, tells World Court it must defend itself

People stand near bodies of Palestinians at Nasser hospital who were killed during Israeli strikes on Ma'an school east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 5 December. Photo: REUTERS
Panorama

Win or lose, South Africa's case against Israel matters

Oscar Pistorius enters the dock before court proceedings at the Pretoria Magistrates court 4 June, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
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Oscar Pistorius freed from jail 11 years after murdering girlfriend

General view of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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ICJ slates hearings in Gaza genocide case for 11-12 Jan