Notes
1 The U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed that the referral of Israel to the ICJ as ‘meritless’. See Ellen Mitchell, ‘Blinken calls genocide case against Israel ‘meritless’. January 10 2023. The Hill. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blinken-calls-genocide-case-against-224220376.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKdrmPcnix1ND40-bXKlvNMmFRA2idvr5cCikDWrZz2IoGvRxunxzmsKnCqajYIiM472KHKVxiiOvKBeG4y1azJ_3vL5NA_upTtxb5_RxnBvbUSfHHk2tmwR-xAIyz94cfFQhA9jJf-9_ulPuM-2rB52Z3AbIn_ptnu-gilKrq9J&guccounter=2
2 Brian Osgood and Usaid Siddiqui, ‘Israel’s was on Gaza updates: ‘Unprecedented’ destruction as deaths mount. 5 February 2024. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/5/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-strikes-level-homes-in-deir-el-balah