Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rule on emergency measures against Israel in The Hague, Netherlands on 26 January 2024.
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South Africa did, in fact, win a ceasefire order against Israel, according to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge most opposed to its case. Even if the court did not say so directly.
The order granted by the overwhelming majority of the ICJ bench “in effect requires Israel to unilaterally stop hostilities with Hamas” across two different sets of measures stipulated, said Julia Sebutinde in a dissenting judgment published after the main ruling.
To comply, Israel would have to suspend its operations in Gaza even if Hamas continued to attack Israel, and regardless of whether Hamas freed the hostages it continues to hold, in Sebutinde’s opinion.
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