The ruling did not instruct “ Israel to refrain from killing and harming Palestinians in the interim.”, as the article says, instead it only instructed to minimize civilian casualties as much as Israel can, according to the rules of war.

The rule also established that there are some characteristics of current situation described by SA that coincide with some characteristics of genocide, thus establishing disagreement between SA and Israel.

I see the current ruling as fair and actually favorable to Israel, since it does not call to stop war, nor calls the situation genocide.

But of course it does not prevent elements on both sides to claim some sort of victory and blame the other side for various sins and play victim at the same time.

Such world we live in.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

THE COURT,

Indicates the following provisional measures:

(1) By fifteen votes to two,

The State of Israel shall, in accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, in relation to Palestinians in Gaza, take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of Article II of this Convention, in particular:

(a) killing members of the group;

(b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

(c) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; and

(d) imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

(2) By fifteen votes to two, The State of Israel shall ensure with immediate effect that its military does not commit any acts described in point 1 above;

Emphasis added

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