Dutch court: Serious risk that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
The Court of Appeal in The Hague has concluded that there is a serious risk Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and violating international humanitarian law. The Dutch State’s obligation to take measures to prevent “(further) genocide” would be “of little practical use” if the Netherlands had to wait for the International Court of Justice to issue a final ruling on the matter. This was the court’s ruling today in the case brought by a coalition of ten Dutch and Palestinian organisations...