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Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.

Norway seeks ICJ opinion on Israel's UNRWA shutdown decision

By TOVAH LAZAROFF , HANNAH SARISOHN , ELIAV BREUER

Judges at the ICJ hear a request for emergency measures by South Africa, who asked the court to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands, january 11, 2024.

South Africa submits evidence of alleged Israeli genocide in Gaza to ICJ

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel's ICJ defense team.

No. 38: Aharon Barak & ICJ defense team: Standing firm at The Hague

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THEN-ISRAELI AMBASSADOR to the UN Gilad Erdan uses a paper shredder to tear apart a copy of the UN Charter, as a protest against a General Assembly vote on recognizing the Palestinians as qualified to becoming full UN members, in May.

The truth doesn’t interest the UN, ICC, and ICJ when it comes to Israel

By David Ben-Basat

A view during United Nations Security Council meeting about the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 4, 2024.

Israel needs to get it together before the UN resolution has consequences

By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz during her visit to Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 6, 2024.

Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Judges at the ICJ hear a request for emergency measures by South Africa, who asked the court to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands, january 11, 2024.

South Africa attempting to defer deadline for giving evidence at ICJ

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

View of entrance to Norway's central bank in Oslo, April 20, 2023.

Norway wealth fund may divest companies that aid Israel in Gaza war, West Bank

By REUTERS

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken with Foreign Minister Israel Katz at the NATO Summit in Washington on June 10, 2024.

Foreign Minister Israel Katz must look before he leaps

By TOVA HERZL

People waving Israeli flags as they protest against Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres outside the UN Headquarters in Jerusalem, October 25, 2023

Gilad Erdan calls for tougher measures against the UN due amid prolonged anti-Israel activity

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds, in Washington, D.C., US, July 25, 2024.

Jewish voters fear 'going back' to a time of Jewish insecurity under Kamala Harris

DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST against the detention of IDF reserve soldiers suspected of sexually abusing an imprisoned Hamas terrorist, at Sde Teiman military detention center north of Beersheba, last week. International law isn’t popular among certain circles in Israeli society, says the writer.

Recent events and decisions could be potentially harmful for Israel's near future

By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks during the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet at Guildhall, in London, Britain November 13, 2023.

Archbishop of Canterbury urges nations to respect ICJ opinion on Israeli 'occupation'

By REUTERS

SOUTH AFRICA’S President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at parliament in Cape Town, earlier this month. He has repeatedly labeled Israel an apartheid state, without ever visiting the country, the writer states.

Why South Africa's ANC political party has taken an anti-Israel, pro-terrorist stance

By NEVILLE TELLER

International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds a hearing to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's 'occupation' of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 19, 2024.

Why the ICJ’s advisory opinion on Israel is wrong

By EMMANUEL NAVON

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a side event during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 26, 2024.

Leaders of Australia, New Zealand and Canada call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

By REUTERS

SMOKE RISES from the site of Israeli air strikes in the port city of Hodeidah, Yemen, last week.

My Word: Israel faces double standards when defending itself

By LIAT COLLINS

Public hearing held by ICJ to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024.

The Advisory Opinion on Palestine is a bad omen for international law

By Olivia Flasch , AMI H. ORKABY