Arab and Muslim Countries Must Refer the United States to the ICJ

America is Complicit in Israeli Crimes of Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing

In December of 2023, the Republic of South Africa lodged a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for the crime of Genocide, a case that has been joined by many member countries of the United Nations (https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192). As the case has been moving ahead at the world’s highest court, two countries — Israel and the United States — have not been silent but in contravention to global opinion have attacked the Court and its proceedings.

While a final decision from the Court is not expected for months and most likely for years, it is hypocritical for the United States, a country that brags about its support for the international rule of law, to voice such admonitions against the court as it proceeds with a case brought to its attention by so many member countries of the United Nations.

What is also striking about this case, but not directly brought to the attention of the Court, is that the United States is a country that is fully complicit in these crimes but has dodged legal scrutiny. Anyone with eyes and a brain cannot escape from this fact. The United States supports Israel’s prosecution of the Gaza war in every imaginable way: