An Israeli judge who survived the Holocaust has been sent to represent his country in a UN court against claims it is committing genocide against Palestinians in the war in Gaza.
Aharon Barak, 87, who was smuggled out of a ghetto in a potato sack in 1944 and went on to lead Israel’s supreme court, is heading a delegation that will arrive to begin court proceedings on Thursday morning.
The UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ), is being asked to rule on whether to open a full case on South Africa’s claim that the country intends to commit genocide in Gaza.
