UN Court Declines To Dismiss Israeli Genocide Case

NBC News reports:

The International Court of Justice has declined Israel’s request to throw out the genocide case brought against it by South Africa, saying that the allegations “appear to be capable of falling within the provisions of the” Genocide Convention of 1948.

President Joan E. Donoghue noted that at this stage in the case, the ICJ does not have to rule definitively whether Israel is guilty of genocide, only that the allegations it is accused of could potentially fall within its jurisdiction.

“Given this conclusion, the court considers that it cannot exceed to Israel’s requests for the case to be removed from the general list,” she said. Israel has called the accusations “baseless.”

The Times Of Israel reports:

President of the International Court of Justice Judge Joan Donoghue cites several inflammatory comments made by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, then-Energy Minister Yisrael Katz and President Isaac Herzog, which could be interpreted as seeking to kill civilians in Gaza.

“The aforementioned facts and circumstances are sufficient to conclude that at least some rights of the Palestinians to be protected from acts of genocide and related prohibited acts in Article 3 of the Genocide Convention, and the rights of South Africa to seek protection of these rights,” states Donoghue.

BREAKING: The top UN court says it will not throw out a case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. https://t.co/apI21EWjph

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