The Israeli delegation on Friday started defending in the two-day hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) upon the request of South Africa's urgent appeal. (Mouneb Taim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Israel on Friday reacted angrily to South Africa's latest application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), denouncing it as libellous, offensive, based on incorrect and distorted facts, a cynical abuse of legal process, and an attempt to protect Hamas.
But only after it complained that it had been put at a disadvantage by the ICJ itself.
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