The Rules of War

战争规则

The Daily

2024-01-22

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In the International Court of Justice, South Africa is accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Amanda Taub, a human rights lawyer-turned-journalist at The Times, walks through the arguments of the case, and the power that the rules of war have beyond any verdict in court.
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  • From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is the daily.

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  • The International Court of Justice, South Africa is accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza today.

  • My colleague Amanda Taub, on the arguments in that case and the power that the rules of war have beyond any verdict in court.

  • It's Monday, January 22, so, Amanda, right now the International Court of Justice in the Hague is considering South Africa's accusation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

  • You happen to be a former human rights lawyer, and you've been following this case in the larger conversation around the rules of war and whether those rules are being broken in this conflict.

  • Both sides presented their arguments a couple of weeks ago.

  • So explain what exactly this case is.

  • So this case, I think, is just the latest way in which international law has really become one of the most crucial lenses for understanding this conflict.

  • Obviously, it's incredibly politically contentious.

  • This is something that has just tremendously painful emotional resonance for people around the world, as well as very significant consequences for the people in Israel and Gaza.

  • And so I think there has been been a real turn to the principles and norms of international law as something that can provide a neutral ground, a neutral framework for understanding what's going on, for saying, okay, these are the standards that we've already agreed to adhere to.

  • Are they being met?