{"id":14760,"date":"2024-01-28T12:54:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T12:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/28\/why-both-south-africa-and-israel-are-welcoming-the-un-courts-ruling-in-a-landmark-genocide-case\/"},"modified":"2024-01-28T12:54:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T12:54:39","slug":"why-both-south-africa-and-israel-are-welcoming-the-un-courts-ruling-in-a-landmark-genocide-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/28\/why-both-south-africa-and-israel-are-welcoming-the-un-courts-ruling-in-a-landmark-genocide-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Why both South Africa and Israel are welcoming the UN court\u2019s ruling in a landmark genocide case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A historic ruling by the United Nations\u2019 top court in a genocide case against Israel on Friday was welcomed by the three main parties it involved: Israel, South Africa and the Palestinians. But at the same time, no one got what they asked for. <\/p>\n

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands, ordered Israel to \u201ctake all measures\u201d to prevent genocide in Gaza after South Africa accused Israel of violating international laws on genocide in its war in the territory. <\/p>\n

It rejected Israel\u2019s request for the case to be thrown out, but it also stopped short of ordering Israel to halt the war as South Africa has asked. <\/p>\n

\u201cI would have wanted a ceasefire,\u201d said South African foreign minister Naledi Pandor after the ruling in The Hague. She said that she was still satisfied with the outcome. <\/p>\n

Israel went to war with Hamas in Gaza after the Palestinian militant group launched a brutal attack on the country on October 7, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 250 people hostage. <\/p>\n

The war has resulted in the death of more than 26,000 people in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, and left much of the enclave in ruins. Israel has pledged not to stop its campaign until all the remaining hostages are released and Hamas is destroyed. <\/p>\n

The case at the ICJ marks the first time Israel has been brought before the court on accusations of violating the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, which was drafted in part due to the mass killings of Jewish people in the Holocaust during the Second World War. <\/p>\n

Still, many Israelis hailed the ruling on Friday as a win for the Jewish state. Eylon Levi, an Israeli government spokesperson, said the court \u201cdismissed (South Africa\u2019s) ridiculous demand to tell Israel to stop defending its people and fighting for the hostages.\u201d Avi Mayer, the former editor in chief of the Jerusalem Post called it \u201ca devastating blow to those accusing the Jewish state of \u2018genocide\u2019.\u201d <\/p>\n

The discourse in Israel has so far focused on only ending the war once the hostages are freed, she said, adding that Israel would have \u201cstruggled to live\u201d with a ceasefire order that doesn\u2019t guarantee the return of the captives. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I think this is quite (an) expected outcome, and something that Israel will be able to comply with,\u201d she said, adding that the court\u2019s order for Israel to deliver humanitarian aid and report back to the ICJ on its actions is \u201cdoable.\u201d <\/p>\n

A \u2018dark day\u2019 in Israel\u2019s history<\/h2>\n

Despite the outcome being perceived by some as being in Israel\u2019s favor, experts warned of the reputational damage faced by the Jewish state. <\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s measure was an interim measure by the ICJ as the court considers a full ruling on whether Israel is guilty of violating the Genocide Convention. That ruling could take years. <\/p>\n

Sabel said that while he is \u201cabsolutely convinced\u201d that the ICJ will eventually find Israel not guilty of genocide, he worries that by that time \u201cthe public may have forgotten that.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIf they had asked us to stop defending ourselves, we would have had a problem, and at least we don\u2019t have that problem,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Yeini said it was nonetheless a \u201ca very dark day\u201d in Israel\u2019s history. <\/p>\n

For some Palestinians, however, the court\u2019s ruling didn\u2019t go far enough. <\/p>\n

Mohammed el-Kurd, a Palestinian activist from Jerusalem, said the ICJ failed on South Africa\u2019s \u201cmost important request\u201d to suspend the military operations. \u201cNot shocking, but stings nonetheless,\u201d he said on X, formerly Twitter. <\/p>\n

\u201cUntil the Israeli regime\u2019s genocidal assault on Gaza stops, we should keep protesting and disrupting in every way possible. This is today\u2019s lesson,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n

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