"More than a year has passed since the International Court of Justice, the United Nations' highest judicial body, issued its first order in the landmark case brought against Israel by South Africa, which contends that Israel has been committing acts of genocide in its war in Gaza. The ICJ found that "with respect to the right of the Palestinians in Gaza to be protected from acts of genocide...and the right of South Africa to seek Israel's compliance," South Africa's case was "plausible.""
"Palestinians are being starved, displaced, and slaughtered. More than 60,000 Palestinians have died, and 1.9 million are being brutally displaced, in a manner eerily similar to the dispossession of their forebears in the Nakba of 1948. By the end of September, according to a group of international food-aid organizations, more than 600,000 Palestinians would be experiencing famine, a completely preventable calamity marked by extreme food deprivation, acute malnutrition, and starvation-related deaths."
"Since the International Court's ruling, a growing number of genocide scholars and human-rights advocates have concluded that the genocide in Gaza is not merely plausible but actual. In early September, an overwhelming majority (86 percent) of the voting members in the International Association of Genocide Scholars voted to endorse a declaration that "Israel's policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948).""
The International Court of Justice issued an initial order in South Africa's case alleging genocide, finding South Africa's claims plausible. Palestinians in Gaza face starvation, mass displacement, and widespread killings, with over 60,000 dead and 1.9 million displaced. International food-aid groups estimated more than 600,000 Palestinians experiencing famine by late September, marked by extreme food deprivation and acute malnutrition. A strong majority of genocide scholars and the UN Commission of Inquiry concluded the conduct meets the legal definition of genocide. Israeli human-rights groups and rabbis have testified that Israel has betrayed its obligations and commitments.
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