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Israel Asks ICJ Not to Order New Measures in Gaza Over Aid
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The Facts
Amid conditions that have been described as famine, Israel's legal team on Monday wrote to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), asking it not to impose additional measures on Israel to expand humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
Israel's response came after South Africa, which accuses Israel of violating the Genocide Convention in Gaza in an ongoing case that could take years, sent an application to the court.
The Spin
Pro-Israel narrative
This, like all other applications submitted by South Africa, is neither grounded in fact nor law. It's morally repugnant and is an abuse of the Genocide Convention itself. The court should not be imposing any additional measures.
Pro-Palestine narrative
Israel's response to the ICJ comes at a time when many are describing the conditions there as famine. Irrespective of this latest application, the court has already ordered Israel to increase the flow of aid and decrease the suffering of Palestinian civilians. That, plainly speaking, has not been the case.