[UPDATE-Day 98-Jan 12-22:00Z] Israel-Hamas War: Real Time Reaction and Analysis

Germany to intervene at ICJ in support of Israel Government officials say they oppose the ‘political instrumentalization’ of the Genocide Convention against the Jewish state The German government does not believe Israel is committing genocide and will intervene as a third party at the International Court of Justice in defense of the Jewish state, the country announced earlier today. The intervention comes after Israel’s legal team delivered its defense at the United Nations court in the Hague on Friday. South Africa’s case is “a sweeping counter-factual description” of the Palestinian conflict, Israeli lawyer Tal Becker told the ICJ. Hamas has…