South Africa filed an action in the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging acts of genocide by Israel. The ICC ruled rather ambiguously that Palestinians in Gaza had “plausible rights to protection from genocide.” There is controversy as to what this exactly means.
The ICC has also issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, and also some Hamas officials, for war crimes.
Scores of countries and international organisations have said that Israeli actions in Gaza could be considered genocidal or border on genocide.
We know that the objective of the Israeli government is...