JOSH HAMMER: Case against Israel cheapens the word 'genocide'
Speaking to evangelical leaders in Florida, the Israeli PM called the fight a shared Judeo-Christian struggle shaping America, Israel and the West. (Video Omer Miron / GPO; Sound: Ben Peretz / GPO.)
The horrific regime slaughter in Iran and President Trump’s aggressive campaign to acquire Greenland have resulted in the neglect of a major case now underway at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The ICJ last week began hearings brought by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the Rohingya people — about 1.4 million of whom live in Myanmar. Several other states have intervened in support of Gambia, which has presented the court with evidence it contends proves that Myanmar’s military forces committed a genocide against the Rohingya population. Myanmar vehemently denies the allegation.
While this case does not concern Israel directly, the ICJ’s determinations may have major ramifications for the case Israel is now defending at the tribunal against South Africa.
Netanyahu praised Trump as Israel's "greatest friend" in Knesset speech. (Evan Vucci/Pool via Reuters)
This is especially true since one of the judges hand-picked by Gambia to sit on its ICJ panel is South African national Navi Pillay. That would be the same Navi Pillay who recently rushed to publish a report accusing Israel of genocide before retiring as head of the UN Human Rights Council commission of inquiry — a panel widely criticized for its flagrant institutional bias against Israel and the anti-Semitic remarks of its members.
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