From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisee, and this is the Daily.

In the International Court of Justice, South Africa is accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

Today, my colleague Amanda Taell, on the arguments in that case, and the power that the rules of war have, beyond any verdict in court. It's Monday.

It's Monday.

It's Monday.

It's Monday, January 22nd.

So Amanda, right now,

so Amanda, right now, the International Court of Justice in the Hague is considering South Africa's

accusation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. You happen to be a former human rights lawyer

and you've been following this case

in the larger conversation around the rules of war.

And whether those rules are being broken in this conflict.

Both sides presented their arguments a couple of weeks ago. So explain

what exactly this case is. So this case I think is just the latest way in which

international law has really become one of the most

crucial lenses for understanding this conflict. Obviously it's incredibly

politically contentious. This is something that has just tremendously painful emotional resonance for people

around the world as well as very significant consequences for the people in Israel and

Gaza.

And so I think there has been a real turn to the

principles and norms of international law as something that can provide a neutral

ground and neutral framework for understanding what's going on for saying,

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