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Added on the 11/01/2024 08:51:03 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's top court, ahead of a landmark ruling on allegation of genocide in Gaza -- a case that has sparked global attention. The case was brought by South Africa, which has accused Israel of breaching the UN Genocide Convention, set up in 1948 as the world reeled from the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. IMAGES
A pro-Israeli demonstration takes place in front of the International Court of Justice's Peace Palace, with Israel expected to hit back at allegations from South Africa that it has escalated a campaign of "genocide" with its military operation in Rafah. IMAGES
The war in Gaza looms over the Eurovision Song Contest, with demonstrators again taking to the streets of the host city, Malmo, in Sweden, to protest against Israel's participation in today's event. Israel ranks with Croatia and Switzerland as one of the bookmakers' favourites to succeed Sweden and take home the colourful and kitschy competition watched by more than a hundred million people. IMAGES
"Luiggi's place is to be free," chants a demonstrator outside the Paris Tribunal at Batignolles in Paris. A few dozen people gather to support Luiggi, a student who was arrested on Tuesday evening after pro-Palestinian activists were evacuated from the Sorbonne university in Paris. IMAGES
Around a hundred people demonstrate outside Paris City Hall to demand the release of the pro-Palestinian activists arrested after the evacuation of Sorbonne University. IMAGES