The UN's top court has said Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is against international law, in a landmark opinion.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Israel should stop settlement activity in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem and end its "illegal" occupation of those areas and the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.

In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the court had made a "decision of lies".
The court's advisory opinion is not legally binding but still carries significant political weight. It marks the first time the ICJ has delivered a position on the legality of the 57-year occupation.

The ICJ, based at The Hague in the Netherlands, has been examining the issue since the beginning of last year, at the request of the UN General Assembly.
The court was specifically asked to give its view on Israel's policies and practices towards the Palestinians, and on the legal status of the occupation.

Delivering the court's findings, ICJ President Nawaf Salam said it had found that "Israel's... continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is illegal."
"The State of Israel is under the obligation to bring an end to its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible," he said.
He said Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005 did not bring Israel's occupation of that area to an end because it still exercises effective control over it

The court also said Israel should evacuate all of its settlers from the West Bank and East Jerusalem and pay reparations to Palestinians for damages caused by the occupation.
Israel has built about 160 settlements housing some 700,000 Jews in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 1967. The court said the settlements were illegal. Israel has consistently disputed that they are against international law.

The ICJ said Israel's "policies and practices amount to annexation of large parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory", which it said was against international law, adding that Israel was "not entitled to sovereignty" over any part of the occupied territories.
Israel claims sovereignty over the whole of Jerusalem, the eastern half of which it captured in the 1967 Middle East war. It considers the city its indivisible capital - something which is not accepted by the vast majority of the international community.

Among its other far-reaching conclusions, the court said Israeli restrictions on Palestinians in the occupied territories constituted "systemic discrimination based on, inter alia, race, religion or ethnic origin". It also said Israel had illegally exploited the Palestinians' natural resources and violated their right to self-determination.
The court also advised states to avoid any actions, including providing aid or assistance, that would maintain the current situation.

Israel's prime minister swiftly issued a blunt statement rejecting what the court had determined.
"The Jewish people are not occupiers in their own land - not in our eternal capital Jerusalem, nor in our ancestral heritage of Judea and Samaria" (the West Bank), Mr Netanyahu said in a statement.
"No decision of lies in The Hague will distort this historical truth, and similarly, the legality of Israeli settlements in all parts of our homeland cannot be disputed.".

But the court's findings were welcomed by the Palestinians. Hussein Al Sheikh, the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the Palestinians' main umbrella group, called it "a historic victory for the rights of the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination. And the collapse and defeat of the Judaization project through confiscation, settlement, displacement, and racist practices against a people under occupation.

"The international community must respect the opinion of international justice and force Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories," he said.
The court's findings will now go to the UN General Assembly, which will decide how to respond, including the option of adopting a resolution. That would be significant and could constitute a catalyst for negotiations and set the legal parameters for a future negotiated settlement.

This case is separate from another active case brought to the ICJ by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in the war in Gaza.



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The UN's top court has said Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is against international law, in a landmark opinion.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Israel should stop settlement activity in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem and end its "illegal" occupation of those areas and the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.

In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the court had made a "decision of lies".
The court's advisory opinion is not legally binding but still carries significant political weight. It marks the first time the ICJ has delivered a position on the legality of the 57-year occupation.

The ICJ, based at The Hague in the Netherlands, has been examining the issue since the beginning of last year, at the request of the UN General Assembly.
The court was specifically asked to give its view on Israel's policies and practices towards the Palestinians, and on the legal status of the occupation.

Delivering the court's findings, ICJ President Nawaf Salam said it had found that "Israel's... continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is illegal."
"The State of Israel is under the obligation to bring an end to its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible," he said.
He said Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005 did not bring Israel's occupation of that area to an end because it still exercises effective control over it

The court also said Israel should evacuate all of its settlers from the West Bank and East Jerusalem and pay reparations to Palestinians for damages caused by the occupation.
Israel has built about 160 settlements housing some 700,000 Jews in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 1967. The court said the settlements were illegal. Israel has consistently disputed that they are against international law.

The ICJ said Israel's "policies and practices amount to annexation of large parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory", which it said was against international law, adding that Israel was "not entitled to sovereignty" over any part of the occupied territories.
Israel claims sovereignty over the whole of Jerusalem, the eastern half of which it captured in the 1967 Middle East war. It considers the city its indivisible capital - something which is not accepted by the vast majority of the international community.

Among its other far-reaching conclusions, the court said Israeli restrictions on Palestinians in the occupied territories constituted "systemic discrimination based on, inter alia, race, religion or ethnic origin". It also said Israel had illegally exploited the Palestinians' natural resources and violated their right to self-determination.
The court also advised states to avoid any actions, including providing aid or assistance, that would maintain the current situation.

Israel's prime minister swiftly issued a blunt statement rejecting what the court had determined.
"The Jewish people are not occupiers in their own land - not in our eternal capital Jerusalem, nor in our ancestral heritage of Judea and Samaria" (the West Bank), Mr Netanyahu said in a statement.
"No decision of lies in The Hague will distort this historical truth, and similarly, the legality of Israeli settlements in all parts of our homeland cannot be disputed.".

But the court's findings were welcomed by the Palestinians. Hussein Al Sheikh, the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the Palestinians' main umbrella group, called it "a historic victory for the rights of the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination. And the collapse and defeat of the Judaization project through confiscation, settlement, displacement, and racist practices against a people under occupation.

"The international community must respect the opinion of international justice and force Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories," he said.
The court's findings will now go to the UN General Assembly, which will decide how to respond, including the option of adopting a resolution. That would be significant and could constitute a catalyst for negotiations and set the legal parameters for a future negotiated settlement.

This case is separate from another active case brought to the ICJ by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in the war in Gaza.



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They are preparing to relocate back to Europe, Palestine belong to the Palestines

Jews can never be deprived of their historical land which includes Samaria, Jericho,Ramallah, Jerusalem,Hebron, which all lie within the occupied areas of West Bank.
On the other hand, the government of PM Netanyanhu will never be free of Divine Judgements for their ruthless mass murder of Palestinian civilians and deliberate acute restrictions on entry of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza strip.
That animal and his fellow animals in the government will never die well.
The beast is no longer willing to bring the remaining hostages still in captivity, back alive and healthy.
He's prolonging the war on an impossible mission of elimination of Hamas , just to save his political neck from the charges of corruption hanging over his head.
Even the US has never been able to totally eliminate Al Qaeda and ISIS, through all her years of fighting terrorists.
So is it PM Netanyanhu government that will do what US can never be able to do?

Arabs and Jews av being co existing peacefully before Nabka, na British cause the wahala from the onset thank God say them nor Purge dem come Uganda that was their first plan

The ruling is not legally binding, the Jewish state will not abandoned those lands because of a UN ruling, especially when a more pro isreali president like trump is coming.

Holyfic:
Arabs and Jews av being co existing peacefully before Nabka, na British cause the wahala from the onset thank God say them nor Purge dem come Uganda that was their first plan

But Arabs have been killing Jews even before the Nakba. Take Yemen, the Hebron massacre, and the Safed massacre, etc for instance.

There was no such thing as what you lot call occupation back then. What do terrorists actually want, Israel to vacate their land? That's not happening, haters can keep moaning, while Israel remains strong and crush all it's enemies.

State of Israel is a terrorist state being fully funded and supported by American to make life miserable for Palestinians but one day one day God wrath will descend on both nations

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State of Israel is a terrorist state being fully funded and supported by American to make life miserable for Palestinians but one day one day God wrath will descend on both nations

cry terrorist cry.

COMRADES, to hell with the ICC, the ICC can't dictate for Israel how to rule her territory

That was the major news for the terrorists supporting medium-Aljazeera yesterday

What a shame

I dor hear u Zionist ass licker till tomorrow Dem still get Jews for Iran infact one of the richest elite thou late now was Jewish and I nor y I de quote u sef deep down I know you lost in a dark hole I de tell you how British use mago mago give Zionist cause a frame that is the morden day Israel u de yan wetin your pastor tel u or what u read from one low life blogger Dem wanted to make Uganda their homeland tomorrow them go twist history say de originated from there, the Yemen u de make mention dem de discriminate against outside race even blacks, another fact i gat for your duvkhed is Jerusalem was not from the beginning of time a Jewish settlement make a search on your Bible and see how king Solomon conquered it se were people de before he came to rule over them

Botragelad:

But Arabs have been killing Jews even before the Nakba. Take Yemen, the Hebron massacre, and the Safed massacre, etc for instance.

There was no such thing as what you lot call occupation back then. What do terrorists actually want, Israel to vacate their land? That's not happening, haters can keep moaning, while Israel remains strong and crush all it's enemies.

Holyfic:
I dor hear u Zionist ass licker till tomorrow Dem still get Jews for Iran infact one of the richest elite thou late now was Jewish and I nor y I de quote u sef deep down I know you lost in a dark hole I de tell you how British use mago mago give Zionist cause a frame that is the morden day Israel u de yan wetin your pastor tel u or what u read from one low life blogger Dem wanted to make Uganda their homeland tomorrow them go twist history say de originated from there, the Yemen u de make mention dem de discriminate against outside race even blacks, another fact i gat for your duvkhed is Jerusalem was not from the beginning of time a Jewish settlement make a search on your Bible and see how king Solomon conquered it se were people de before he came to rule over them

Blah blah blah!

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