ISRAEL IS TODAY hitting back at what it describes as “atrocious” allegations it is committing “genocide” in Gaza, in a closely watched landmark case before the UN’s top court. South Africa has launched the emergency case at the International Court of Justice arguing that Israel stands in breach of the UN Genocide Convention, signed in 1948 in the wake of the Holocaust. Pretoria wants judges to force Israel to “immediately” stop the Gaza campaign launched after the devastating 7 October Hamas attacks. Opening the case yesterday, South African Justice Minister Ronald Lamola told the court that Israel had “crossed the...