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Posted on 02/23/2005 6:48:03 AM PST by IAF ThunderPilot
International Court of Justice decision on security fence non-binding, State says in first official response to The Hague’s ruling;
The International Court of Justice decision slamming the West Bank security fence construction is non-binding, Israel says in its first official response to the controversial ruling.
Prime Minister Sharon and other government ministers have dismissed the decision taken by The Hague court earlier, but no substantive response to the ruling was provided until now.
Israel says it is not obligated to obey by the court decision, because it objected to the question being raised at the world court to begin with. In addition, the information presented to the ICJ was insufficient, the State says.
“The facts placed before the court were in fact dictated by the United Nation’s Secretary General,” the Israeli response charges. “The security need for the fence or a description of terror attacks and damages suffered by Israel were not presented.”
The ICJ’s decision was made public in July 2004. Later, High Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak instructed the State to respond to the world court’s ruling.
Whopping decline in terror
The 170-page long State response describes the separation fence as a “temporary security measure to halt an offensive,” and notes the decision to construct the barrier was taken in the wake of a terror wave.
“The barrier’s current route is temporary. It aims to provide a response to existing and future terror threats, until a stable political deal can be reached,” the response says.
General Security Service data included in the document show a 84 percent decline in the number of terror victims and a 92 percent drop in the number of injuries inflicted by terror attacks in the year following the fence’s construction.
Good decision, Israel.
Good for them. If my neighbor was trying to kill my family I would build a fence too.
Sounds like the fence is working. And, sounds like the terrorist appoligists in the ICJ are upset the terrorists are being hampered.
The Hague is almost as big a joke as the UN making their rulings that they cant make stick.. Irrelevant. Thank you Mr, Bush for not allowing this bunch to try Americans.
Roger that to both of y'all.
On your neighbor's property? Think that's a good way, in the long run, to make him quit?
I'd build a wall ;)
awww no that would be unfair of him to build a fense on the property of some who is trying to kill you.
What would make the neighbor quit is to kill him.
When he can no longer kill Israelis, perhaps he will take up killing someone else? Israel is tired of it being Jews. I for one don't blame them. As for property rights, when the killing stops I am certain Israel will be more than willing to compensate those who lost property, don't yo think? They have been willing to work with Palestinians in all forms of development except that the terrorists kill Palestinians who "cooperate" with the Jews.
It is not anyone's property but Israel.
It could have been "their" land, but they f'ed up. "They" thought it would be a great idea to attack Israel and frog-march any Israelis "they" didn't kill into the sea. The Israelis disabused "them" of that notion.
I'd thumb my nose at the "World Court" too. They should have said, "Next time we want your opinion, we'll beat it out of you."
n00b here from protestwarrior.com- still getting the hang of your forum-
Anyway, just wanted to say-
"Tall fences make good neighbors."
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The USA should do something along these lines at our southern border. Maybe, just maybe, we can stop something from happening here. So far, only private citizens seem to have the resolve to do what's necessary there; and, we all know what the "official" response has been from the authorities.
What in the hell are we waiting for?
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an addendum...
and keep the UN and the World Court out of it! They are just a huge farce.
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