On December 9th the British journalism magazine Press Gazette published a report titled ‘Why journalists are cautious about calling current conflicts ‘genocide’’ by Heidi Kingstone which included the following claim:
“In December 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, accusing Israel of genocide. The ICJ concluded that it was ‘plausible’ Israeli actions amounted to genocide, but not conclusive.” [emphasis added]
The following morning, CAMERA UK wrote to Press Gazette, explaining that Kingstone’s portrayal of the ICJ’s interim ruling was not accurate and providing details of the actual decision.
Within hours we received a response from the magazine’s editor informing us that the article had been amended.
The relevant paragraph now reads:
“In December 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, accusing Israel of genocide. The ICJ concluded that the Palestinians in Gaza had a plausible right “to be protected from all acts of genocide,” and that “Israel must . . . In relation to Palestinians in Gaza, take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of Article II” of the Genocide Convention.”
A footnote was also added:
