By Kate Nathan and Adele Mackenzie
Israeli carrier, El Al, has announced that direct flights between Israel and South Africa will be halted at the end of March.
According to Israeli news service israelhayom.com, the downgrade in relations between the two countries – resulting from the attack on Israel and subsequent war in Gaza – have led to diminishing numbers of passengers on the route. The airline has thus decided to cease flights.
This decision was announced today (Friday, January 26) just hours before the International Court of Justice –the principal judicial organ of the United Nations – delivered its Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) at the Peace Palace in The Hague.
Delivering the ruling by the panel of 17 judges, ICJ President Judge Joan E. Donoghue did…