01/12/2024

Israel Rejects Genocide Charges

Its lawyer told the International Court of Justice it's just defending itself

On Friday, Israel rejected as false and "grossly distorted" accusations brought by South Africa at the U.N.'s top court that its military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide campaign against Palestinians.

Arguing it was acting to defend itself and was fighting Hamas, not the Palestinian population, Israel called on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to dismiss the case as groundless and reject South Africa's request to order it to halt the offensive.

"This is no genocide," lawyer Malcolm Shaw said.

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