Israel will face a new foe on a new front this week when the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hears arguments from South Africa alleging the Israeli military in Gaza is “genocidal in character” and intended to bring about the destruction of Palestinian people in the besieged territory.
“No armed attack on a state’s territory no matter how serious — even an attack involving atrocity crimes — can, however, provide any possible justification for, or defence to, breaches of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,” South Africa says in its 84-page legal brief, which was
