Israel is facing a genocide case in an international court
This week, Israel is scheduled to appear before the International Court of Justice in a highly consequential dispute that might ultimately determine how the horrific conflict in Gaza plays out.
This instance is unheard of. According to experts, the United Nations Genocide Convention, which was drafted in the wake of the Second World War in response to the crimes done against the Jewish people during the Holocaust, is being applied to the Jewish state for the first time.
The South African government, which took over from the apartheid state that was declared unacceptable on the global scene thirty years ago, filed the lawsuit against Israel, claiming that Israel had violated the convention by attacking Hamas in Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has categorically den...