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South Africa asks World Court to halt IDF. South Africa asked the top U.N. court on May 16 to order a halt to Israel’s Rafah offensive as part of its case in The Hague accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip. The hearings at the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, come after South Africa last week asked for additional emergency measures to protect Rafah, a southern Gaza city sheltering Palestinians. It also asked the court to allow unimpeded access to Gaza for U.N. officials, organizations providing humanitarian aid, and journalists and investigators.

The West Bank has not been untouched by war in Gaza, which has catalyzed settler attacks and military raids. With jobs in Israel lost and public sector wages unpaid, the cumulative weight of the war is dragging down the economy, too.