Sky News host Chris Kenny has slammed South Africa’s “topsy turvy” genocide accusation against Israel in the International Court of Justice as “grotesque”.
The African nation alleged Israel knew of the number of civilians it was killing and had shown an "incontrovertible" intent to commit genocide.
The United Nations court on Friday imposed temporary measures against Israel to ensure genocidal acts are not committed in Gaza but refused to call for a ceasefire.
Mr Kenny stressed the only way to protect innocent Palestinians and save Israeli hostages is for Hamas to lay down its arms.
“Let's be clear, we should all be vitally concerned about the loss of innocent lives in Gaza,” he said.
“No matter that the numbers are unknown and no matter that Hamas has created the situation, and put innocent people's lives in danger, we all want the loss of innocent lives to stop immediately.
“But here's the thing; if that's what you want, then there is only one thing that your protests should call for.
“They should demand that Hamas lays down its arms and returns every single hostage being held now, before then surrendering its own leadership to Israel.”
