On Friday, Israel will answer to South Africa’s allegations before the United Nations’ highest court that its military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide campaign aimed at wiping out the Palestinian people. South Africa, which launched the action in December at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), urged justices on Thursday to impose emergency measures directing Israel to cease the attack immediately. It said that Israel’s aerial and military onslaught, which has destroyed most of the tiny coastal enclave and killed more than 23,000 people, was intended to bring about “the destruction of the population” of Gaza. Israel dismissed...