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BY JOSEF FEDERMANUpdated 2:46 AM GMT+7, January 27, 2024 AP

JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. world court on Friday came down hard on Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, calling on Israel to “take all measures” to prevent a genocide of the Palestinians. But it stopped short of demanding an immediate cease-fire, as the South African sponsors of the case had hoped.

All sides tried to claim victory with the ruling, seizing on different elements that buttressed their positions.

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) 17-judge panel issued six emergency measures ordering Israel to “take all measures within its power” to prevent acts which could fall foul of the Genocide Convention.

Here’s a summary of the measures Israel must take according to the court’s preliminary ruling:

• Prevent commission of acts that kill or cause serious bodily or mental harm to Palestinians. The acts are specified within Article Two of the genocide convention.
• Ensure that its military does not commit any of the aforementioned acts
• Prevent and punish any direct and public incitement to commit genocide
• Enable provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza
• Prevent destruction of any evidence related to allegations of acts of genocide
• Submit a report to the court on all measures taken to adhere to these orders

S. Africa wins, Israel loses

Judges at the International Court of Justice on Thursday opened two days of legal arguments in a case filed by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in its Gaza war. (Jan. 11)

BY GERALD IMRAYUpdated 2:28 AM GMT+7, January 12, 2024 AP

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Barely two weeks after he was released from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela flew to Zambia to meet with African leaders who had supported his fight against South Africa’s apartheid system of forced racial segregation.

One figure stood out among the men in dark suits eagerly waiting to greet Mandela on the airport tarmac: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, wearing his black and white checkered keffiyeh headdress, had traveled to see the newly freed Mandela.

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