While the eyes of the world were glued to the live images of South Africa’s trial against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), most Western media refused to broadcast the historic event. It is only the second time in the history of the Genocide Convention that one state has attempted to prosecute the atrocities of another on genocide charges. Too unimportant for Western mainstream media? Rather too inconvenient. Israel’s Western allies have been bending over backward to keep their partner free of genocide accusations. The two-day public hearing that began today is expected to put considerable pressure on Israel and cripple Western governments’ support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Layer by layer, step by step, the South African legal team argued in the first session today for Israel to be convicted of genocide.