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US formally defends Israel in International Court of Justice genocide case

The US said in a formal filing that the claim of genocide was “false” and part of a broader campaign “to delegitimize the State of Israel and the Jewish people and to justify or encourage terrorism."

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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.
Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.

Israel brief to ICJ rejecting genocide claims likely delayed by Iran war

The ICJ had given Israel several extensions over the last year to file the brief, with the most recent extension being until March 12.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Iranian Protesters gather around burning cars near a masque while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran, on January 8, 2026.

Iranian opposition orgs. urge ICC probe into regime's alleged crimes against humanity

Legal analysts cited in Western coverage say the ICC faces jurisdictional challenges because Iran is not a member of the Rome Statute.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Attendees in the plenary room during the 24th Session of the Assembly of States Parties at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands December 4, 2025.

'We serve humanity, deliver justice': ICC judges, UN officials decry US sanctions

“We serve humanity. We are delivering justice for the most vulnerable victims around the world, for millions and millions of women and children who have no voice," one judge told the Guardian.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER

Qatar says it is pursuing legal action against Israel at ICC

Qatari State Minister Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi announced in a post on X on Wednesday that Qatar was pursuing legal avenues to "respond to the Israeli aggression against the State of Qat

SEPTEMBER 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court building in The Hague: The ICC has no viable plan to bring to justice the Hamas leaders who conceived the mega-atrocity in Israel, or the terrorist organization’s supporters who slaughtered 1,200 civilians and seized 251 people as hostages on October 7, 2023

Netanyahu to alter flight path to US over ICC, political concerns - exclusive

Netanyahu will fly to the US next week with a smaller delegation, as his flight aboard the Wing of Zion avoids airspace tied to ICC-related political tensions.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2025ByAMICHAI STEIN
The official airplane of the Prime Minister Wing of Zion is seen parked at the Ben Gurion Airport on October 20, 2020

Netanyahu: ICC prosecutor used Israel warrants to dodge sexual assault scandal

Netanyahu accused ICC prosecutor Karim Khan of issuing false arrest warrants and thanked the US for sanctioning the court over its actions.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2025ByANNA BARSKY, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
(Illustrative) ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan is under investigation after two seperate complaints of rape and sexual assault by former staff.

Chief ICC prosecutor faces additional sexual misconduct accusation - report

A former intern says Khan made repeated unwanted advances in 2009, as a UN watchdog reportedly investigates multiple misconduct claims against the ICC prosecutor.

AUGUST 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(Illustrative) ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan over a back drop of the ICC.

Israel-Brazil relations wither as Lula gov't refuses to approve Israeli ambassador

Israel's decision to withdraw the application for an ambassador came after Brazil refused to approve Gali Dagan as the new ambassador from Israel.

AUGUST 26, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures as he meets with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (not pictured) at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 6, 2024.

Israel probably missed chance to flip narrative at ICC, but still has chance at ICJ - analysis

The volatile mix of politics and law is always a piece of international court cases, but when cases are on the fence, the impact of that mix looms larger.

AUGUST 25, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the ICC headquarters (illustrative).

Pro-Palestinian activists record Israeli nationals attacked and hospitalized - report

The Center for Information and Documentation Israel filed a legal complaint after the recordings became known.

AUGUST 22, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Dutch police patrol after riots in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 11, 2024.

'For truth and justice': Netanyahu praises Rubio, US for sanctions on four ICC judges

Two judges and two prosecutors at the ICC were sanctioned, as Washington kept up its pressure on the war tribunal over its targeting of Israeli leaders.

AUGUST 20, 2025ByREUTERS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conferene at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025

Israel’s many current wars: In Gaza, the region, the world, and within - opinion

The war in Gaza is a microcosm of a much larger and more complex world in which we are part, and more and more alone.

AUGUST 17, 2025ByMOSHE DANN
SOLDIERS STAND at the entrance to a tunnel leading to Egypt, in the Philadelphi Corridor area in the southern Gaza Strip, last year. For both Israelis and Palestinians, this is a war of self-definition, says the writer.

Hostage families sue ICC prosecutor, allege court has become 'branch of Hamas'

The lawsuit accuses ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan of turning the court into "a branch office of the terrorist organization," Hamas.

AUGUST 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
FILE PHOTO: An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021.