ICJ Rules On Israel's Genocide

The definition of 'Genocide' was penned by the Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin after the Second World War and the United Nations adopted the International Convention to refer to the campaign launched by Nazi Germany to wipe out Jews in the Holocaust and was, in his own words: 'essential to prevent the rise of future Hitlers'.
On Friday the highest court in the World, The International Court of Justice (ICJ), agreed with South Africa that Israel does have a case to answer for what they are inflicting on the Palestinians does come under the Genocide banner and felt compelled to order it to do all in its power to avoid doing so.
The 45-minute ruling stated that the Judges are 'gravely concerned about the fate of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza' and demand their immediate and unconditional release but they also catalogued the plight of civilians in Gaza, the 26,000 dead and the two million displaced, and said that 'the humanitarian situation in Gaza is verging on catastrophic and Israel must take 'immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance in the Gaza strip'.
Israel, as usual when they face any criticism, reacted with calling the ruling 'anti-semitic' but that barb long lost its sting when it got bandied about like confetti to try and shut down any criticism of the Jewish state but the Judges extensively quoted directly from Israeli officials, referring to Gazans as 'Human animals' abnd there would be 'no electricity, no food, no fuel', that 'All Gazan's were responsible for Hamas's surprise attack on Israel' and how 'Gaza won’t return to what it was before. We will eliminate everything', claiming 'No electric switch will be turned on, no water tap will be opened, and no fuel truck will enter until the Israeli abductees are returned home' and when asked by a journalist how the Israeli army will ensure Palestinian civilians aren't harmed, was told: 'Are you seriously keeping on asking me about Palestinian civilians? What's wrong with you?'
It could be as long as three of four years before a judgement is passed but for now the interim ruling is that Israel must take all possible measures to prevent acts outlined in Article 2 of the 1948 Genocide Convention, must ensure that its military does not carry out any measures in Article 2 of the 1948 Genocide Convention, must prevent the destruction of any evidence of war crimes in Gaza and allow fact finding missions, must ensure the delivery of basic services and humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, must punish any incitement of genocidal acts and must submit a report on how it intends to deliver on these judgements within 1 month.
The ICJ has no power to impose their ruling on Israel but if they are not satisfied that Israel are abiding by their ruling, the next step is to refer Israel to the United Nations Security Council who can pass a resolution to take punitive action against Israel including economic or trade sanctions, arms embargoes and travel bans.
The United States has a veto at the Security Council, a veto they have wielded 45 times in defence of Israel, but experts are saying that if Washington veto an ICJ-approved decision, it could not only damage America's image as they are seen to be backing a country being investigated for genocide, but would almost certainly undermine any future calls for others to uphold the international rules-based order.
Neve Gordon, professor of international law at Queen Mary University of London, added that countries, such as the US, would now have to seriously rethink using a veto, saying 'It’s a new ballgame now, where the highest court in the world is saying, on first impression, Israel is committing genocide before adding, 'this is major for the US Government'
Thankfully, after all these years, something is finally being done about the murderous, abominable and murderous actions of Israel.