Irish Examiner view: Swift action needed following Gaza findings

Palestine and its supporters will take encouragement from the International Court of Justice findings in South Africa's action against Israel

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will continue the war until it achieves ‘absolute victory’. Picture: Maya Alleruzzo/AP

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), under its president, American judge Joan Donoghue, has stopped short of ordering a cessation of military action in the Gaza Strip, and of finding Israel guilty of genocide.

However, in all other ways, Palestine and its supporters, and that includes very many in Ireland, will take encouragement from the findings that  a “plausible” case has been made, and that further consideration by the court will take place. Israel has been asked to report back within one month on certain requirements of the 29-page interim judgment.