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‘What use is this court if it can’t stop the war?’ Gazans react to ICJ ruling
Many Palestinians in Gaza feel dismayed by the ICJ’s failure to demand a ceasefire, fearing its provisional measures will do little to halt the bloodshed.
By
Mahmoud Mushtaha
and
Ruwaida Kamal Amer
February 9, 2024
Israel shirked accountability for decades. Is the ICJ breaking its armor?
From Ben Gurion to Ben Gvir, Israel's dismissiveness of international sanctions has held strong. But the ruling at The Hague may be cracking that impunity.
By
Meron Rapoport
February 5, 2024
Turning Zeitoun into Shivat Zion: Israeli summit envisions Gaza resettlement
Undeterred by the ICJ, ministers and settler leaders promoted plans to expel Palestinians and ‘return’ Israelis to Gaza at a major conference in Jerusalem.
By
Oren Ziv
January 30, 2024
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ICJ case ‘opens new era between the Global North and South,’ says UN expert
Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese discusses South Africa’s charge of genocide in Gaza and the power struggle playing out in the legal arena.
By
Alba Nabulsi
January 23, 2024
Israel’s right to tyranny
In justifying the violent unraveling of Gaza as ‘self-defense,’ Western capitals have once again signed off on Israelis’ license to act like despots.
By
Amjad Iraqi
January 17, 2024
In Gaza, Israel has turned water into a weapon of mass destruction
By denying Palestinians safe water since the war began, Israel has created an unparalleled health crisis and risks causing irreversible ecological damage.
By
Nancy Murray
and
Amahl Bishara
January 16, 2024
Will the ICJ find Israel guilty of genocide?
Attorney Michael Sfard outlines what could play out as the world’s top court decides if and how to intervene in Israel’s war on Gaza.
By
Meron Rapoport
January 11, 2024
At The Hague, Aharon Barak will play Dr. Jekyll to Israel’s Mr. Hyde
As Supreme Court president, Barak provided legal armor for Israel's occupation and façade of democracy. Now he’s back to continue the job.
By
Orly Noy
January 10, 2024
After years of diplomatic inertia, what can the ICJ offer Palestinians?
The UN’s vote to request a ruling on the occupation is an indictment of the failure to hold Israel accountable — and carries risks and opportunities alike.
By
Hugh Lovatt
January 1, 2023
Israel’s High Court just made an ICC investigation more likely
The court’s rejection of a lawsuit challenging the shooting of protesters in Gaza is a reminder that the Israeli legal system simply isn’t set up to investigate the policy makers and policies that result in alleged war crimes. Israel’s High Court of Justice may have just inadvertently increased the possibility that senior Israeli officials might…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
May 27, 2018
WATCH: Dutch MP refuses to shake Netanyahu’s hand
‘Oh, okay,’ the Israeli prime minister responds to snub by breakaway former Labour MP. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to the Netherlands on Tuesday as part of his efforts to, in his words, “instill gradually” in Europe the idea that Israel is “preventing the spread of radical Islamic terrorism.” According to press releases from the Prime Minister’s…
By
+972 Magazine
September 7, 2016
How an IDF general whitewashed the killing of three innocent Palestinians
Maj. Gen. Uzi Dayan was trying to support a soldier charged with killing an unarmed Palestinian. Instead, he ended up confessing to a crime that could have severe repercussions at The Hague. By Yael Marom and John Brown* Late last week, Channel 2 news reported that three senior reserve officers — Maj. Gen. Uzi Dayan, Brig.…
By
+972 Magazine
August 22, 2016
Who’s sending death threats to Palestinian advocates in The Hague?
In an interview with +972, the Hague representative of Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights group, talks about the slew of threats she and her organization have received for months, and why she believes the Israeli government is behind them. In a small ceremony in The Hague on April 1, 2015, the Palestinian Authority officially signed…
By
Amjad Iraqi
August 17, 2016
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