International Court of Justice

Lula’s reelection in Brazil puts the brakes on Latin America’s pro-Israel shift

Since 2023, several Latin American countries have strengthened ties with Israel, in some cases reversing policies adopted by their predecessors.

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Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro (L) faces President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva (R) in runoff elections in Brazil.
Israel and Colombia flags at the peaceful protest of the members of the active reserve of the military and police forces against the government of Gustavo Petro, October 2023.

Colombia officially withdraws from South Africa's ICJ genocide case against Israel

Israeli ambassador to Colombia Vivien Aisen echoed the remarks, saying Colombia chose "the right side of history" and made "a brave and responsible decision that we deeply appreciate."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian Authority's mission to the United Kingdom, gestures during a ceremony after Britain announced on Sunday its recognition of a Palestinian state at the mission's headquarters in London, Britain, September 22, 2025; illustrative.

PA's UK Embassy praises Foreign Sec. Miliband's ban on trade with West Bank settlements

PA Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot praised Britain's settlement trade ban as a "turning point" and called for further sanctions, including an arms embargo on Israel.

|ByJAMES GENN
JUDGES ARRIVE for a session of the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

Germany asks ICJ to dismiss Nicaragua-backed case against Israel arms export

Germany asks UN top court to throw out ongoing Israel arms export case

|ByREUTERS

'Irrelevant order of antisemitic court': Outrage sparked amid ICJ ruling

Following the ICJ's ruling on Friday, forcing Israel to halt its operations against Hamas in Rafah, many politicians and various experts expressed their opinions on the ICJ and its ruling.

MAY 24, 2024ByRINA BASSIST, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
British jurist Malcolm Shaw looks on at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, in The Hague, Net

Moral bankruptcy: The world chooses to sustain Hamas monsters - opinion

The ICJ ruling on Rafah is ensuring a future with Hamas's terrorism.

MAY 24, 2024ByAVRAHAM BLOCH
Protests near the ICJ in the Hague as Israel and South Africa face each other in Gaza genocide case

ICJ orders Israel to halt any Rafah op. that destroys Palestinian people

The ruling relates to an additional request submitted by South Africa some ten days ago for provisional measures that would order Israel to stop all its military operations in the Gaza Strip.

MAY 24, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, RINA BASSIST
Delegates attend a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, Netherlands May 24, 2024.

World Court to rule on request to halt Israel's Rafah offensive on Friday

Rulings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, are final and binding, but have been ignored in the past. The court has no enforcement powers.

MAY 24, 2024ByREUTERS
THEN-PRESIDENT of the International Court of Justice, Judge Joan Donoghue, speaks during a hearing in January.

Israel-Hamas War Day 231: What's happening in Gaza?

Australia proscribes Yemen's Houthis • Fire breaks out in Safed from rocket fire • US troops suffer non-combat injuries operating Gaza pierArgentina rejects ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu

MAY 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Additional IDF activity in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, May 23, 2024.

Germany says it will arrest Netanyahu as Israeli envoy appeals to Berlin to defy ICC

Israel's ambassador urges the German government to reject the "outrageous" ICC move.

MAY 22, 2024ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speak to the media after their meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.

Anti-Israel activist groups don't care about the ICC warrant applications - analysis

Anti-Israel activists may not trust the ICC, seeing it only as another arm in the Hecatoncheires of the "US Empire."

MAY 21, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
Pro-Palestinian protesters rally for a cease fire in Gaza during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Dearborn, Michigan, US, May 19, 2024.

Israel advocates must publicize judge Donoghue's clarification of ICJ ruling - opinion

The ICJ judge refuted the media's interpretation of Israel's guilt in Gaza genocide allegations, clarifying court's decision as protecting Palestinian rights.

MAY 21, 2024ByNEVILLE TELLER
THEN-PRESIDENT of the International Court of Justice, Judge Joan Donoghue, speaks during a hearing in January.

Denying Israel's right to self-defense dangerous and 'unthinkable,' legal expert warns ICJ

“To deny Israel, that inherent right” of self-defense, “is unthinkable,” Foreign Ministry legal adviser Tamar Kaplan Tourgeman told the ICJ.

MAY 17, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Deputy Attorney General for International Law Gilad Noam, Principal Deputy Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Tamar Kaplan Tourgeman and legal adviser of the Embassy of Israel in the Netherlands Avigail Frisch Ben Avraham look on at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Israel-Hamas War Day 224: What happened at the ICJ, Gaza, Lebanon?

US moves forward with Gaza pier • Rockets fired at northern Israel

MAY 17, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. May 17, 2024.