What exactly is the ICJ ruling on today? | DW News

Judges from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hand down an interim ruling on Friday regarding South Africa's genocide case against Israel. The ruling will not deal with the core accusation of the case as to whether or not Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Instead, the Friday ruling will focus on nine "provisional measures" sought by South Africa to end human suffering while the court hears the case in full, which could take years. The court is set to issue its ruling at 1 p.m. in The Hague (1200 UTC).

These emergency measures include an immediate end to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, allowing more humanitarian aid into the besieged territory, and for Israel to investigate and prosecute possible violations. Israel has asked the top United Nations court to reject the case outright. Israeli leaders argue that the military campaign is self-defense against Hamas, which is classified as a terrorist group by the US, the EU, Germany and others. "We expect the ICJ to throw out these spurious and specious charges," Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy said on Thursday. In its submission to the court, South Africa acknowledged the "particular weight of responsibility" of accusing Israel of genocide but said it was bound to uphold its duties under the 1948 UN Genocide Convention. "Genocides are never declared in advance," said Adila Hassim, a lawyer for South Africa. "But this court has the benefit of the past 13 weeks of evidence that shows incontrovertibly a pattern of conduct and related intention that justifies a plausible claim of genocidal acts."

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