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Why Israel has suppressed its legal narrative on the war for two years - exclusive

LEGAL AFFAIRS: While the record is problematic, it should be noted that Israel is far from having abandoned the playing field entirely.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
‘WHY HAS Israel left the legal playing field primarily to its critics?’ the writer asks. Here, the International Court of Justice bench sits empty ahead of the case on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands in April.
The United Nations flag over the Jerusalem offices of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees.

Israel spotlights UN bias ahead of 2026 vote, but change rests with donors - analysis

There is a sprawling, well-funded, bureaucratic international ecosystem that has spent years normalizing a singular narrative about the Jewish state. It’s called the United Nations.

|ByHERB KEINON
Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.

Belgium joins South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel over Gaza war

South Africa initially brought the accusation against Israel before the court over alleged violations of the Genocide Convention in relation to the war in Gaza in December 2023. 

|BySHOSHANA BAKER, LARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF
A Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign thanking South Africa for its support during a protest in Amman, Jordan.

Hypocrisy? South Africa shuts its door on Palestinians it claims to defend - comment

The same government that accuses Israel of “genocide” and “forcible displacement” at the International Court of Justice is now shutting its own doors on Palestinians.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN

IDF chief lawyer gives no timeline for 70 criminal probes

Last month, the IDF military advocate general announced that she is probing over 70 cases of alleged criminal wrongdoing by soldiers during the war.

JUNE 19, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
YIFAT TOMER-YERUSHALMI – she had to deal with terrorists, suicide bombings, large numbers of murder cases at the same time, thousands of administrative detention cases and thousands of soldiers being stationed constantly in the West Bank and Gaza – both as a lawyer and then as a judge.

Int'l lawyer: Palestinian Authority using ICJ case to achieve statehood

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun.

JUNE 14, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Judges are seen at the International Court of Justice before the issue of a verdict in the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav who was sentenced to death by Pakistan in 2017, in The Hague, Netherlands July 17, 2019

International lawyer Yuval Sasson simplifies the ICC, ICJ cases against Israel

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun.

JUNE 14, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yuval Sasson

Francesca Albanese runs int'l network targeting Israel, UN Watch charges

The report found that the network's members include some 100 people and NGOs, such as UN, UNRWA, Palestinian, and PLO officials, along with pro-Palestinian academics and activists.

JUNE 13, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a side event during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 26, 2024.

14 Days: Fallen soldiers

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

JUNE 11, 2024BySTEVE LINDE
Funeral of fallen IDF soldiers.

Spain requests to intervene in South Africa's Gaza genocide case against Israel at ICJ

Spain requested to intervene in the ICJ genocide case against Israel's operations in Gaza. The ICJ judges' order to Israel last month to halt its Rafah operations was a landmark emergency ruling.

JUNE 6, 2024ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares makes a statement during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2024.

South African Jewish community condemns president's chant of 'from the river to the sea'

The board released a statement which read, "The President of the ruling ANC party and the Head of State of a democratic country has called for the elimination of the only Jewish State."

MAY 30, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a national statement at the World Climate Action Summit during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 1, 2023.

Justice Barak criticizes ICJ order on IDF operation - opinion

The International Court of Justice issued temporary orders against Israel concerning military operations in Rafah, with dissenting opinions from Justice Barak.

MAY 30, 2024BySUZIE NAVOT
FORMER SUPREME Court President Aharon Barak accuses Hamas of crimes against humanity and calls on the international community to take action, at a news conference with some of the hostages’ families in Tel Aviv, last November. Uploaded on 29/5/2024