Israel’s fairytale of a defence flounders at Hague hearing

Palestine

But Netanyahu remains defiant in face of ICJ ruling

With just two more days to follow in January, almost a twelfth of 2024 has already passed… but, after 114 days of continuous bombing, Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza shows no sign of abating, despite last Friday’s United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in Jerusalem has just one month to convince the judges its actions in Gaza do not amount to genocide.

Although the court stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire, the ruling effectively means Netanyahu’s government must prevent acts of genocide by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) in Gaza and allow more aid into the besieged territory… and it has just one month before the court reconvenes to determine whether it has complied with these conditions.

The catalyst for Israel’s inhuman onslaught against the Palestinian people was a false-flag attack on 7 October, without which Israel would have had no defence to put before the ICJ for its atrocities in Gaza... FULL STORY