American political scientist Norman Finkelstein has accused former International Court of Justice (ICJ) president Joan Donoghue of "lying" about the ICJ's stance on Israel's actions in Gaza. In an upcoming interview with Al Arabiya English’s Riz Khan, Finkelstein stated: “In April, the president of the ICJ, Joan Donoghue, claimed that the ICJ did not find Israel plausibly committing genocide. That is a flat-out shameless and shameful lie.” Finkelstein argued that the court recognized the "plausible rights" of Palestinians in Gaza were at risk. “Under the jurisprudence of the court, if the plausible rights of the Palestinians in Gaza were at risk, that can only be the case if Israel was plausibly committing genocide,” he said. He explained that the case was brought before the court under the Genocide Convention, which protects the rights of the Palestinian ethnic group. "The most essential right is the right to live, the right to be protected as an ethnic group." Finkelstein emphasized, “When the court says there are plausible rights of the Palestinians, it means there are rights which are plausibly at risk under the current situation in Gaza. They could only be plausibly at risk under the Genocide Convention if Israel is plausibly committing genocide.” He reiterated, "What [Donoghue] said—I will tell you without any equivocation—is a flat-out shameless and shameful lie." For the latest updates on the Israel-Palestine conflict, visit our dedicated page.