In Jewish scripture, Amalek is an enemy that israelites were commanded to wipe out completely — men, women, children, and even animals. Michael Huckabee — the so-called U.S. ambassador to the Zionist regime — gets schooled again by Tucker Carlson while shamelessly denying israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. | Suhair Nafal

It's not every day that a biblical tale of destruction makes its way into a Prime Minister's press conference or a case before the International Court of Justice. But the story of Amalek has done exactly that. From the Book of Exodus to the Book of Samuel, we unpack this ancient conflict, and find out why the biblical phrase 'Amalek' – and Benjamin Netanyahu's invocation of it – features in South Africa's case against Israel in the ICJ. South Africa is accusing Israel of genocide, an accusation