the ruling was read out by the president of the court joan donoghue. she began with the finding that south africa had jurisdiction to bring the case against israel. >> in the courts's view, at least some of the acts and omissions alleged by south africa to have been committed by israel in gaza appeared to be capable of falling within the provisions of the convention. in light of the following, the court concludes prima facie it has jurisdiction pursuant to article nine of the convention to entertain the case. amy: south africa had asked the court as a matter of extreme urgency to impose emergency measures to protect palestinians in gaza. the president of the court went on to read out the findings regarding south africa's request for provisional measures. >> in the court's view, the facts and circumstances are sufficient to conclude at least some of the rights claimed by south africa and for which it is seeking protection are plausible. this is the case with respect to the right of palestinians in gaza to be protected from acts of genocide and related p

the american, she has had a number of positions at the state department before, joan donoghue.p in february. so they could be up before this decision is released. is that right? >> i am not aware of when her term is up so i can't really comment on that. the fact she is sitting on the issue of provisional measures means she will have some impact on what happens as the court makes findings on provisional measures. if the court decides to go into the merits of the case and proceeds with the matter, then she will no longer sit on the case going forward -- but we don't know who will replace her. that is an unknown. but it is not guaranteed there won't be u.s. influence on the case going forward. nermeen: as we wrap up, if you can give us your final thoughts, your assessment of what the situation is right now in gaza, what you hope will come out of this. >> as i mentioned, i hope following the hearing sessions and on the basis that preceded by the very same court where it has issued provisional measures within days or weeks time on let's say similar cases but not entirely alike that

as she began her ruling, the presiding judge, joan donoghue, confirmed that the court has jurisdiction

as she began her ruling, the presiding judge, joan donoghue, confirmed that the court has jurisdictionn the genocide case against israel and would not throw it out, as requested by israel. let's listen to what she had to say. at the present stage of the proceedings the courts are not required to ascertain whether any violations of israel's obligations of the genocide convention have occurred, and this could only be made by the court at the stage of the examination of the merits of the present case. at the stage of making an order on the request for an indication of provisional measures, the task of the court is to establish whether the omission is capable, sorry, complained of by the applicant, appear to be capable of falling within the provisions of the genocide convention. in the view of the court at least some of the actual legends that immigrant allegations committed by —— the actual allegations made by south africa appear to fall within this, and it hasjurisdiction africa appear to fall within this, and it has jurisdiction concerned africa appear to fall within this, and it hasjur

joan donoghue, the president of the court, issued their 29—page ruling, but she did not draw conclusionsto whether there had been violations under the convention. that, she said, will happen at a later stage of the process. in the court's view, at least some of the acts and omissions alleged by south africa have been committed by israel in gaza appear to be capable of falling within the provisions of the convention. the court further considers that israel must ensure, with immediate effect, that its military forces do not commit any of the aforementioned acts. the court is also of the view that israel must take measures within its power to prevent and punish the direct and public incitement to commit genocide in relation to the members of the palestinian group in the gaza strip. they have put certain demands on israel. most importantly, they are expecting a solution to the humanitarian crisis. they have given the israeli government a month to show how it is complying with the instructions. here's the reaction of the south african president, cyril ramaphosa. some have told us that we shou