AN IRISH LAWYER has told the International Court of Justice that conflict in Gaza is the “first genocide in history” being broadcast in “real-time”. Launching a landmark case at the top UN court today, South Africa accused Israel of breaching the UN Genocide Convention, a treaty signed in 1948 in the wake of the Holocaust. It is arguing that even the deadly 7 October Hamas attack could not justify such alleged actions. Pretoria has lodged an urgent appeal at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to force Israel to “immediately suspend” its military operations in Gaza. Israel has dismissed the...