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Israel is losing the information war, one wrong appointment at a time - opinion

That is the point. Israel didn’t try. It rarely does. And that, right now, is the story of Israeli public diplomacy in a single sentence: Israel is not even in the game. The question is why.

Right now, is the story of Israeli public diplomacy in a single sentence: Israel is not even in the game.
(L-R) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

Israel assesses ICC will issue arrest warrants for five officials over Gaza war crime allegations

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026.

Smotrich says ICC ordered arrest warrant, orders evacuation of West Bank village Khan al-Ahmar

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich after a press conference at the ministry, December 4, 2025; illustrative.

ICC plans to seek arrest warrant for Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich - report


China cyberspies hacked computers at Dutch defense ministry - report

It is the first time the Netherlands has publicly attributed cyber espionage activity to China, as tensions surrounding national security grow between Beijing and The Hague.

 Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity

After decision on Gaza war, Israel's battle in The Hague will be over 'legality of the occupation'

The hearing will begin this month on the request submitted by the UN, and the decision could be published as early as this year.

 Israel's deputy Attorney-General for International Law Gilad Noam and British jurist Malcolm Shaw sit in International Court of Justice, The Hague, January 26, 2024

My Word: UNRWA’s ‘Un’-doing

The whole concept of “human rights” has been hijacked by terrorist organizations. This is the pervasion of justice that should be on trial in an international court.

 PALESTINIANS RECEIVE flour bags distributed by UNRWA in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip last November.

The ICJ is not a court - opinion

In contrast to the legal and court systems of democratic countries, international law lacks basic political legitimacy.

 PEOPLE LISTEN to the proceedings inside the ICJ, in The Hague.

Is the ICJ's ruling a verdict or a vindication? - opinion

Israel wasn't ordered to cease fire, but that is far from a vindication.

 PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters pose for a photo in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, last Friday. ‘The ICJ has handed Israel, however unintentional it may be, a golden public relations ticket that it so desperately needs,’ the writer argues.

South Africa's chief rabbi confronts country’s banks on allegations of funding terror

Rabbi Goldstein, after ICJ ruling, pledges to hold banks accountable for funding Hamas, urges global Jewish support for Israel's self-defense and combating antisemitism.

 Warren Goldstein, chief rabbi of South Africa.

The term 'genocide' is being misused and abused - opinion

The terms "Holocaust" and "genocide" were first used in the context of Jewish murder- and are being wielded as a weapon of antisemitism.

 SOUTH AFRICA’S Justice Minister Ronald Lamola attends the ruling African National Congress party’s National Executive Committee meeting in Johannesburg on Friday, after the hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

The ICJ ruling is a mixed bag - editorial

The ICJ ruling requires Israel to prevent and punish any public incitement to commit genocide against Palestinians, to preserve evidence related to allegations of genocide, and to facilitate aid.

 The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague March 3, 2011.

ICJ badmouths Israel for 35 minutes, then Israel wins - analysis

This was about whether a global sanctions movement against Israel would get a new huge club to wield against the Jewish state.

ISRAEL FOREIGN MINISTRY legal adviser Tal Becker and British barrister Malcolm Shaw KC, who appeared on behalf of Israel, attend the International Court of Justice hearing, in The Hague.

IDF reservists arrive at Hague to support Israel amid ICJ case

‘’Hamas is using the civilians as human shields...Still, we did everything we could to avoid hurting civilians,’’ says IDF reservist who arrived at the Hague to support Israel.

 IDF reservists stand outside The Hague as the Int'l Court of Justice will decide whether to issue provisional measures ordering Israel to end its military actions in Gaza, January 26, 2024