THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A continent away from the fighting between Israel and Hamas, South Africa told judges at the United Nations’ top court on Thursday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and pleaded with the court to urgently order Israel to halt its military operation. Israel has vehemently denied such arguments. South African lawyers said the latest Gaza war is part of a decades-long oppression of the Palestinians by Israel. Israel has vehemently denied such arguments even ahead of the opening arguments at the U.N. court in The Hague. Lawyers for South Africa asked judges at Thursday’s...