The Israeli occupation state is facing accusations this week at the International Court of Justice of committing genocide in Gaza.

The occupation state chose Aharon Barak as its representative at the International Court of Justice, where he served as president of the Israeli Supreme Court before retiring.

Barak fled Lithuania as a boy from Nazi attacks, according to American newspapers.

- So who is Aharon Barak?

Barak, 87 years old, enjoys a legal authority respected internationally, but he was also at the heart of a highly polarized local legal uproar during the past year, and he was outspoken in opposing the so-called "judicial reform" plan proposed by the right-wing government headed by Netanyahu, according to The New York Times.

The appointment of Barak to look into a case related to genocide has special resonance; because he is one of the survivors of the Nazi Holocaust, as The New York Times states.

Barak was born in 1936 in Lithuania, and as a boy he was smuggled in a bag from the Jewish quarter in his hometown, Kovno, which was occupied by the Nazis, now called Kaunas, and emigrated with his parents to Palestine in 1947, a year before the declaration of the occupation state.

Barak held the position of Israeli Attorney General and was a negotiator in the Camp David peace talks with Egypt in 1978, and was also appointed to the Israeli Supreme Court and continued to work as its president until his retirement in 2006.

- Netanyahu is not a fan of Barak

Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the occupation state, is not a fan of Barak, according to the Israeli Jerusalem Post, where many of Netanyahu's supporters have criticized Barak for years.

In August 2023, Regional Cooperation Minister Dudi Amsalem said: "Barak should rot in prison for the rest of his life," and TV presenter and close associate of Netanyahu, Yinon Magal, claimed that Barak is "the most dangerous man in Israel."

Israeli newspapers believe that Barak's selection for this task is for reasons including that he was a survivor of the Holocaust, which gains Israel sympathy before the International Court of Justice.