Legal investigations regarding the question of genocide in Palestine are being pursued in international courts.
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The Global StoryOct 20, 2026
The claim that legal investigations into the genocide question are being pursued in international courts is supported. The ICJ genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel and the ICC's Palestine investigation were both ongoing in sources published before 2026-10-20, and the ICJ case directly concerns the Genocide Convention.
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… Safety for all minorities is part about defending all minorities. Jewish safety is not going to be preserved as a separate category called Jewish safety. It's part of the broad question of everybody's democratic rights. The question of whether or not there's a genocide is contested, and there are, you know, there are legal investigations being pursued in international courts on that question. But from your reporting, Asma, do you get the sense that this is a blip, or that these could become hardened divisions within the Democratic Party that continue beyond 2026? …
The Global Story · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The ICJ case South Africa v. Israel, filed in late 2023, concerns alleged violations of the Genocide Convention in Gaza, and the ICJ's 2024-25 report records it as ongoing.[2][3]
Supports. The ICC's investigation into the situation in Palestine, opened in March 2021 and covering crimes since June 2014, remains active per the ICC's own page updated in October 2026.[2][4]
Supports. The Conversation (October 2025) describes two international courts with current proceedings on the Israel-Palestine conflict, including the ICJ genocide case and ICC prosecutors' investigations.[5]
Context. A UN-commissioned Commission of Inquiry (reported by AP on 2026-10-26, after the claim date) found genocide in Gaza; this is a non-judicial inquiry, not a court proceeding, and it could feed into ICC or other prosecutions.[1][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1Gaza ceasefire has not stopped Israel from committing ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2The ICC investigates and prosecutes - Congress.govcongress.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Report of the International Court of Justice (1 August 2024–31 July ...un.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4State of Palestineicc-cpi.int · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Why are the ICJ and ICC cases on Israel and Gaza taking so long?theconversation.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Top UN Gaza investigator hopeful Israeli leaders will be prosecutedthedailystar.net · not rated · cited for: context
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