As one of Israel’s counsel at the International Court of Justice, Tamar Kaplan Tourgman, read her client’s final submission, a person inside the court shouted “liar”, Al Jazeera reports.

“The State of Israel requests the court to reject the request for the modification and indication of provisional measures submitted by the Republic of South Africa,” Tourgman’s statement said.

 Israel’s deputy Attorney General for International Law Gilad Noam (L), Principal Deputy Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Tamar Kaplan Tourgman and Legal Adviser at Israeli Embassy to the Netherlands Avgail Frisch Ben Avraham attend an ICJ session in The Hague, on May 17. — AFP
Israel’s deputy Attorney General for International Law Gilad Noam (L), Principal Deputy Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Tamar Kaplan Tourgman and Legal Adviser at Israeli Embassy to the Netherlands Avgail Frisch Ben Avraham attend an ICJ session in The Hague, on May 17. — AFP

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