South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and the deputy ambassador of Palestine, Bassam Elhussiny, react in Johannesburg to the International Court of Justice ruling that Israel must take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. Photograph: Alaister Russell Pressure on Ireland to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel has increased after the United Nation’s highest court ordered Israel to immediately prevent its army from carrying out genocidal acts in Gaza. The International Court of Justice found on Friday that South Africa’s accusation that Israel has breached the genocide convention was plausible enough for it to order emergency measures to...