INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Palestinians in Gaza.The submission also calls on the court to order Israel to stop military operations there.The ICJ will deliver only an
opinion on the genocide allegation as the case is not a criminal trial, although it is being closely watched.Israel has vehemently rejected
Palestinian and Israeli supporters apart.Hundreds of people waving Palestinian flags gathered outside the ICJ, calling for a ceasefire
Israeli supporters set up a screen showing images of some of the hostages still being held in Gaza.South Africa will present its case on
Gaza, causing them serious bodily and mental harm, and inflicting on them conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical
Its rulings are theoretically legally binding on parties to the ICJ - which include Israel and South Africa - but are not enforceable.In
genocide is defined as committing one or more acts with the intention to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or
religious group.Unlike the International Criminal Court (ICC), the ICJ cannot prosecute individuals for crimes such as genocide, but its
its governing African National Congress has a long history of solidarity with the Palestinian cause.It sees parallels with its struggle
against apartheid - a policy of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the white-minority government in South Africa against the
In those attacks some 1,300 people were killed - mainly civilians - and about 240 others taken hostage.Source: BBC
-Agencies
