PRELIMINARY HEARINGS HAVE opened at the International Court of Justice in a case that seeks an end to German aid to Israel, based on claims that Berlin is enabling acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in conflict in Gaza. Nicaragua argues that by giving Israel political, financial and military support and by defunding the UN aid agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, Germany is “facilitating the commission of genocide and, in any case has failed in its obligation to do everything possible to prevent the commission of genocide”. Opening Nicaragua’s case at the International Court of Justice, the country’s...