Norman J.W. Goda is the Norman and Irma Braman Professor of Holocaust Studies at the Center for Jewish Studies, University of Florida.
Navi Pillay’s appalling treatment of Hamas’s sexual violence provides ample reason to deny her any prestigious honours. But she is also dangerous to the very international legal system that she pretends to uphold.
Three Flemish universities are about to convey the sanction of university-recognised expertise to a deeply dishonest and fraudulent individual.
A dissection of the ICC’s warrant application reveals that obvious liberties have been taken with the truth.
‘What South Africa’s evidence really shows us is that there’s a war going on—and that the Israelis are determined to destroy Hamas. But that’s a far cry from genocide.’
Motions before any court—criminal or civil, national or international—contain references to hard evidence and a careful reading of legal precedent. The South African ICJ application has neither.
The accusation is wrong on the facts and objectively serves to support the intent of Hamas to murder Jews with impunity.
