ICJ orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza and says blockade had been a breach

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The reporting on this war has certainly made media bias evident. Some media just do not report certain stories at all theguardian is a but one example ....

Nowhere in the dispositif does the court find a breach; this is just more misinformation from The Guardian.

The article clearly cites the findings, including breaches of the Geneva convention.

article title is already misleading. icj doesn't order israel to do anything

Cites what findings? They don't quote the opinion at all, except for one vague observation. You can read the opinion yourself here [1].

Reminding Israel about its obligations is not a finding of breach. It's more like that ICJ language from a prior opinion reminding Israel about its obligations under the genocide convention [2]. That obviously doesn't constitute a finding that Israel breached those obligations, though that didn't stop the various anti-Israel disinformation outlets from misrepresenting it as such.

[1] https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/196...

[2] "Israel shall, in accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, in relation to Palestinians in Gaza, take all measures within its power to prevent the commission ..."

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