At the hearing, Israel is expected to explain that the war in Gaza began only as a result of the October 7 massacre in Israel, which was perpetrated by the Hamas terror group, along with some of Gaza's civilians.
Attorney Tal Becker, the Foreign Ministry's legal adviser, noted that given the Jewish nation's history, it is not surprising that Israel was one of the first nations in the world to adopt the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
"The entirety of its case hinges on a deliberately curated, decontextualized and manipulative description of the reality of current hostilities," he said. "Seared in our collective memory is the systematic murder of six million Jews, as part of a premeditated and heinous program for their total annihilation."
"For some people, the promise of, 'Never again,' is a slogan for Israel, and the first moral obligation," he added, stressing that Israel did not want this war, and did not start the war. "This is a war against Hamas and Islamic Jihad and other terror organizations whose brutality knows no bounds." WATCH
