Tag: International Court of Justice
US opposes calls at ICJ for immediate Israeli withdrawal
The United States on Wednesday called on the International Court of Justice not to issue an advisory opinion that Israel must immediately withdraw from Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem.
Instead, Richard Visek, acting legal adviser at the...
UN court opens hearings on Israel’s ‘ongoing occupation’
Public hearings opened at the International Court of Justice in the Hague (ICJ) on Monday regarding the legal repercussions of Israel’s “ongoing occupation” of Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem.
The court is hearing arguments due...
This is not 1938
The International Court of Justice has delivered its interim judgment on the South African government’s “genocide” charge against Israel. Even a political body appointed by the U.N. General Assembly whose members are mainly non-democratic...
Earn the right to say ‘never again’
International Holocaust Remembrance Day has perhaps never been more difficult to observe. It should be a day to contemplate the antisemitism that murdered six million Jews. It should be a moment to reject viewing...
Herzog: ICJ genocide case a ‘blood libel’
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday night slammed the International Court of Justice for agreeing to hear a case accusing the Jewish state of genocide in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, a charge he described as a...
210 Congress members denounce South Africa’s genocide charge
Two hundred and ten members of the U.S. Congress sent an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday condemning South Africa for filing "a grossly unfounded case against Israel at...
This is how Israel struck back against its haters at The Hague
A patriotic Israeli journalist would find it extremely challenging to refer to the case submitted by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague with the degree of...
Netanyahu: South Africa is ‘representing’ Hamas ‘monsters’ at Hague court
Responding to South Africa's opening arguments against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearing on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Pretoria of "representing monsters" and "accusing Israel of genocide while it is...
Genocide case: Should Israel participate in ‘kangaroo court’?
While legal observers tell JNS that the Genocide case brought against Israel is a travesty, they split on whether Israel should defend itself at the hearings in The Hague.
The hearings at the International Court of...
Israel in the dock (again): UN court sits in judgment on Israeli ‘occupation’
Two pro-Israel NGOs are defending Israel against the United Nation's latest attack as the world body’s International Court of Justice considers a case which could have serious ramifications for the Jewish state, the groups...