{
  "id": 18259766,
  "title": "UN elects new ICJ judges with past involvement in anti-Israel legal proceedings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/un-elects-new-icj-judges-with-past-involvement-in-anti-israel-legal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T06:16:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/international/article-913885"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The United Nations General Assembly and Security Council have elected five new judges to serve on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), with terms beginning on February 6, 2027, and ending in February 2036. The newly elected judges include Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud from Jordan, Dapo Akande from the UK, François Alabrune from France, Phoebe Okowa from Kenya, and Rena Lee from Singapore. Two of the judges, Hmoud and Okowa, were elected to full terms following their appointments in 2025, while the other three will join the court for the first time. The elections have raised concerns in Israel, as several of the newly elected judges have previously been involved in legal proceedings concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, particularly Hmoud, who made serious accusations against Israel following the October 7 Hamas attacks.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}