(New York Times) Matthew Mpoke Bigg - The International Court of Justice is set to rule on Friday on South Africa's demand that Israel immediately suspend its military offensive in Gaza. The ruling is an initial step in a wider case about whether Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the enclave. The court is not expected to issue a ruling on the genocide charge for years. The decision expected on Friday is over whether to order "provisional measures" that would ask Israel to take proactive steps to ensure genocide doesn't occur in the future, while the case is pending. Israel has ignored the court's findings before: In 2004, the court issued a nonbinding opinion that an Israeli security barrier inside the West Bank was illegal and should be dismantled; two decades later, the system remains standing.
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