Aharon Barak, Israel’s former Supreme Court chief justice, will serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice on a panel to hear South Africa’s genocide case against Israel.

Barak, 87, is an influential Israeli jurist with international renown and a Holocaust survivor. He will be among the judges deciding whether to issue an interim order demanding Israel halt its war. Such orders are legally binding – but not always enforceable.

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