South Africa has told judges at the United Nations’ top court that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and pleaded with the court to urgently order Israel to halt its military operation. Israel has vehemently denied such arguments. Advertisement South African lawyers said the latest Gaza war is part of a decades-long oppression of the Palestinians by Israel. Israel has vehemently denied such arguments even ahead of the opening arguments at the UN court in The Hague on Thursday. Lawyers for South Africa asked judges at Thursday’s hearings to impose binding preliminary orders on Israel, including an immediate halt to...