Nasreen Rajab-Budlender, a senior counsel at the Pan African Bar Association who has acted as a judge of the High Court of South Africa on several occasions, analyses how compelling is the case South Africa presented against Israel at the International Court of Justice and how effective was Israel’s defence.Has South Africa done enough to persuade the ICJ to halt Israel’s war on Gaza? Or is there merit to Israel’s response that South Africa has failed to establish a dispute between the two countries and, therefore, the basis to move the ICJ?How convincing are the steps Israel claims its taken to avoid innocent civilian casualties? How compelling is Israel’s defence that statements by the Prime Minister and other ministers do not suggest genocidal intent and have been taken out of context?