International Court of Justice

Why ICC going after Smotrich is a bigger deal than going after Netanyahu - analysis

Without major changes in Israeli policy, the arrest warrant against Smotrich could be Israel's darkest legal hour, with cascading consequences the likes of which cannot be foreseen.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026.
The United Nations headquarters before a meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the UN, in New York City, US, April 27, 2026.

UN backs world court climate opinion, Israel, US among few to oppose

A general view of the court on the day the International Court of Justice is due to rule on a request by Nicaragua to order Germany to stop exporting weapons to Israel and to reverse its decision to stop funding UNRWA, the Hague, Netherlands, April 23, 2024.

Germany pulls support for Israel in ICJ genocide case, battling accusations of aiding Israel

A view from the public hearing at the International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, the Hague, Netherlands, April 29, 2025.

US formally defends Israel in International Court of Justice genocide case


Moral bankruptcy: The world chooses to sustain Hamas monsters - opinion

The ICJ ruling on Rafah is ensuring a future with Hamas's terrorism.

Protests near the ICJ in the Hague as Israel and South Africa face each other in Gaza genocide case

ICJ orders Israel to halt any Rafah op. that destroys Palestinian people

The ruling relates to an additional request submitted by South Africa some ten days ago for provisional measures that would order Israel to stop all its military operations in the Gaza Strip.

Delegates attend a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, Netherlands May 24, 2024.

World Court to rule on request to halt Israel's Rafah offensive on Friday

Rulings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, are final and binding, but have been ignored in the past. The court has no enforcement powers.

 THEN-PRESIDENT of the International Court of Justice, Judge Joan Donoghue, speaks during a hearing in January.

Israel-Hamas War Day 231: What's happening in Gaza?

Australia proscribes Yemen's Houthis • Fire breaks out in Safed from rocket fire • US troops suffer non-combat injuries operating Gaza pierArgentina rejects ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu

 Additional IDF activity in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, May 23, 2024.

Germany says it will arrest Netanyahu as Israeli envoy appeals to Berlin to defy ICC

Israel's ambassador urges the German government to reject the "outrageous" ICC move.

 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speak to the media after their meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.

Anti-Israel activist groups don't care about the ICC warrant applications - analysis

Anti-Israel activists may not trust the ICC, seeing it only as another arm in the Hecatoncheires of the "US Empire."

 Pro-Palestinian protesters rally for a cease fire in Gaza during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Dearborn, Michigan, US, May 19, 2024.

Israel advocates must publicize judge Donoghue's clarification of ICJ ruling - opinion

The ICJ judge refuted the media's interpretation of Israel's guilt in Gaza genocide allegations, clarifying court's decision as protecting Palestinian rights.

 THEN-PRESIDENT of the International Court of Justice, Judge Joan Donoghue, speaks during a hearing in January.

Denying Israel's right to self-defense dangerous and 'unthinkable,' legal expert warns ICJ

“To deny Israel, that inherent right” of self-defense, “is unthinkable,” Foreign Ministry legal adviser Tamar Kaplan Tourgeman told the ICJ.

 Deputy Attorney General for International Law Gilad Noam, Principal Deputy Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Tamar Kaplan Tourgeman and legal adviser of the Embassy of Israel in the Netherlands Avigail Frisch Ben Avraham look on at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Israel-Hamas War Day 224: What happened at the ICJ, Gaza, Lebanon?

US moves forward with Gaza pier • Rockets fired at northern Israel

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. May 17, 2024.

Israel-Hamas War: What happened on Day 223?

Netanyahu clashes with Gallant • Gantz over Gaza plans, Haredi draft • US moves forward with Gaza pier

IDF soldier seen in Gaza near a temporary floating pier anchored by the United States to boost aid deliveries, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, May 16, 2024