Watching the watchdogs: The media downplays a big legal story at its peril | Israel War on Gaza

In a fast-expanding global battleground, enablers and opponents of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza are facing off in an unusual landscape: courtrooms. Over the past six months, lawyers, activists, organisations and states who believe that international law and conventions that prohibit genocide actually mean something and must be implemented have submitted an unprecedented number of lawsuits and motions to national and international courts.
This new frontier in the century-old battle between Palestinian Arabism and Zionism is significant because it promises a more level playing field…