The Hague Court Appoints Confirmed Anti-Semitic Judges
"Troubling CVs": The new judges of the Hague Court and their ties to Israel. The UN General Assembly and Security Council have elected five judges to the International Court of Justice for an eight-year term.…
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Five new judges have been elected to the International Court of Justice, and Israel's UN ambassador is calling the results proof of systemic bias. One judge previously accused Israel of ethnic cleansing and war crimes. Another advised Namibia in a case against Israel. The question is whether these appointments will shift the court's handling of cases involving Israel, or whether the criticism itself becomes a diplomatic weapon. Watch for how Israel and its allies respond in the General Assembly and Security Council.