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In a landmark opinion issued today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has said that Israel’s 57-year occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip is in breach of international law.
The proceedings came out of a UN resolution passed in December of 2022. In the resolution, the UN General Assembly requested an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on “Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.” The ICJ, also known as the World Court, is the UN’s principal judicial organ that adjudicates disputes between member states and provides advisory opinions on international legal matters.
This case is separate from the one brought forth by South Africa last year, in which the ICJ provisionally ruled that Israeli practices in […]
Israel is racist? They are Semites living in the same area for thousands of years. No, they are not racists, but they do hate people who behead babies in front of their mothers, cut off women’s breasts, rape them brutally and kill over 1200 people with no mercy. Hamas should know after all these years that when you attack Israel, they are going to come after you 10 times worse! And horribly, over 30,000 Palestinian women and children have been slaughtered in this revenge fight, and Hamas has hidden among them to make the matters worse. No, Hamas caused this, but it is time for the Israelis to get rid of Netanyahu and begin negotiations with leaders in the area about stopping the fighting and consequences for Hamas to continue to kill innocent people.
I totally agree with you, Stephan!
As I have said, again and again, Terri, I neither excuse nor support Hamas, quite the contrary. They are terrorists. But 1,200 people is not the same as 36,000 people, most of whom are women and children, and now it is spreading to other countries. All of this could have been avoided, in the view of myself and many other geopolitically knowledgable people, by the two-state solution.
Hello Stephan: I am long time read and fan of yours; however, your typo in your commentary about the International Court condemning Israel where you did not capitalize “Jews” might be offensive to some of your readers.
Thanks, Marshall. I meant to but sometimes things get past me.