All right, Alexander, let's talk about the ICJ ruling that has just come out, the International Criminal Court.

In the Hague, they have ruled 15 to 2 in favor of South Africa.

They have ruled that Israel has indeed committed war crimes, and they found in favor of many

of the points that South Africa brought to the court.

I would say with the exception of one big point that South Africa brought to the court,

one big argument that South Africa brought, which is that the ICJ is not ruling that Israel stop the war in Gaza.

So South Africa has scored a big win. That's the way it looks. But the ICJ has not ruled that the conflict has to end. And the other question that a lot of people have with this ruling is how the ICJ's ruling is going to be enforced.

It doesn't really have any mechanisms to enforce the ruling that it made.

But let's get your initial thoughts, Alexander, on this breaking news.

And I just want to say that you are feeling under the weather,

and it is difficult for you to talk,

but we'll get through this video, and you can give us your initial thoughts on this breaking news.

Absolutely. I have laryngitis, for which apologies, a somewhat crokey voice today.

Briefly, a few things.

First of all, this is a conclusive, overwhelming win for South Africa.

I'll come to the ceasefire issue in a moment.

It is an interim ruling.

They're not saying Israel has definitely perpetrated or is perpetrating genocide. But they said that there is an arguable case, one that they're prepared to hear.

Of course, it will take years and years to come to a final decision.

But 15 judges think that there is a strongly arguable case. They clearly believe that Israel is

committing war crimes, and they've given a whole series of orders, strong orders,

that Israel must comply with in order to stop the activities that they say amount to genocide.

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