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welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour. hearings began this week at the international court of justice in the case brought by south africa accusing israel of genocide in gaza. now the world faces an extraordinary possibility -- the international law against genocide that was created after the holocaust could be applied for the very first time against israel itself. in response, israel argues it's acting in self-defense after the horrors of october 7th and the slaughter of its civilians by hamas. at the heart of south africa's case is a litany of rhetoric from officials in benjamin netanyahu's government. south africa's senior counsel speaking in court. >> israel's political leaders, military commanders, and persons holding official positions have systematically and in explicit terms declared their genocidal