The International Court of Justice in The Hague, the principal judicial arm of the United Nations, elected Phoebe Okowa, a Kenyan professor who has accused Israel of “apartheid,” as a judge on Nov. 12.

Okowa secured the required majority votes of the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council on Wednesday after multiple rounds of voting. When she is sworn in in two months, she will replace Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, who resigned. The latter’s term was slated to expire in February 2027.

Namibia hired Okawa to prosecute its 2024 case against Israel before the U.N. high court, in which it alleged that the Jewish state was guilty of illegal practices in areas that the United Nations considers Palestinian territory.

The Oxford-educated jurist accused Israel of carrying out racist policies, amoun

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