This is a democracy now, democracy now.

The War and Peace Report.

I'm Amy Goodman.

The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to halt its military offensive in Raffa.

The court ruled today that Israel must immediately cease its military actions

and other operations in the area citing the immediate risk to the Palestinian people.

South Africa sought additional measures from the court following Israel's ground offensive

in Taraffa following a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, the court issued

provisional measures in January which stopped short of ordering a ceasefire.

For more, we're joined by two people.

Here in our New York studio,

Hossam Bachat is with us. Egyptian human rights activists, founder and executive

director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights EIPR in Cairo. And we're joined by Reed Brody. personal rights

attorney, war crimes prosecutor, author of to catch a dictator.

Reed, we're going to begin with you.

Can you talk about the significance

of the International Court of Justice's ruling today?

Well, this is just huge.

You know, the International Court of Justice, South Africa has been asking the court to order Israel

to halt its military activities since the first attempt in January.

And the court has never wanted to do that because Hamas is not before.

The court, you don't want to order one side to do something.

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