Legal proceedings against Israel continue in the International Court of Justice in The Hague regarding the harsh and unprecedented accusation of genocide. What is the meaning of this proceeding? What is the connection between it and the humanitarian disaster in Gaza, anti-Semitism worldwide, and the behavior of Israel’s government? And what are its anticipated ramifications?

Opening remarks: Prof. Shai Lavi, Director of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute; Tel Aviv University

Lecture: Prof. Eyal Benvenisti, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge

Panel:

Chair: Dr. Limor Yehuda, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

Col. (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch, senior researcher, Head, The Program for Law and National Security, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

Dr. Raef Zreik, Ono Academic College; The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

Dr. Tamar Megiddo, The Department of International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Dr. Shmuel Lederman, The International Program for Holocaust Studies, The University of Haifa; The Department of History, Philosophy, and Judaic Studies, The Open University; The Forum of Regional Thinking, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute