Temporary measures such as this are meant to prevent a situation from worsening while the case is decided. While the court decides the case, South Africa also wants it to implement a provisional measure that would oblige Israel “not to engage in genocide, and to prevent and to punish genocide”. In its 84-page filing it also says Israel has failed to prevent genocide and failed to prosecute officials who have publicly incited genocide. South Africa has accused Israel of genocide in its campaign against Hamas in Gaza, saying among other things that it has the “specific intent … to destroy Palestinians in Gaza as a part of the broader Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group”. What is the case that South Africa has brought against Israel? It has 15 judges – which will be expanded by an additional judge from each side in the Israel case – elected for nine-year terms by the UN general assembly and the security council.
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