Posted on 07/19/2024 2:37:25 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
THE HAGUE, July 19 (Reuters) - The United Nations' highest court said on Friday that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and settlements there are illegal and should be withdrawn as soon as possible, in its strongest findings to date on the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
The advisory opinion by judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), known as the World Court, was not binding but carries weight under international law and may weaken support for Israel.
"Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the regime associated with them, have been established and are being maintained in violation of international law," President Nawaf Salam said, reading the findings of a 15-judge panel.
The court said Israel's obligations include paying restitution for harm and "the evacuation of all settlers from existing settlements".
In a swift reaction, Israel's foreign ministry rejected the opinion as "fundamentally wrong" and one-sided, and repeated its stance that a political settlement in the region can only be reached by negotiations.
"The Jewish nation cannot be an occupier in its own land," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
The opinion also angered West Bank settlers as well as politicians such as Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, whose nationalist religious party is close to the settler movement and who himself lives in a West Bank settlement.
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Get the UN out of the US and have the US payment proportional to other nations.
The Court of World Opinion says that the UN and the ICJ are a clown show with no authority.
UN..UN Necessary.
To paraphrase the old Andrew Jackson quote, “The International court has made their ruling, now let them try to enforce it.”
I could care less what the UN says or wants. The League Of Nations was a disaster, did the politicians actually think the UN would be any better?
I AM HOPING TRUMP WILL DO EXACTLY THAT.
Next on the list: raizing, annexing, and permanently occupying the UN...I wish...
If Mr. Roman drags me out of my house and you move in, you need to get out of each and every room upon my return.
It’s BASIC war rules. Period!
The UN “court” is like having Whoopi, the View and the MSNBC panels on the US Supreme Court.
That’s probably Joe’s next move anyway.
US out of the UN
UN out of the US
RATS and their globalist friends like to make the rules up as they go along. It's time they found out that's not how it works.
well, the UN should know about illegalities, since they are.
Yep, Jew hating Nazi’s are rife in the liberal sphere.
I say Dresden the whole of Gaza, build a parking lot on the seashore
The same UN that is integrated with Hamas in Gaza.
Oh wow, top UN court...well, that just gives me the shivers..
Before this.. Before that.. God drew the boundaries of land given to Israel.
Israel offered land to Arafat, to have peace. He said no. What he wanted and what others want.. Is for the Jews to all be gone. Until the end of time, the hate toward Jews will continue.
They want the name, the promise, and the title.
Tough schitzky. We’ve got 50 million illegal ahos in our country that were brought here illegally by you third world UN chimpanzees. KMA.
We need to *stay* in the UN because we have Veto power in the Security Council — the UN could do even more damage if we left.
But we should reduce our monetary contribution to as little as practicable, in order to reduce their ability to cause such damage.
(And I’m sure Trump wouldn’t be reluctant to use the Veto.)
Isaac vs Ishmael. It is already written. The Muslim teachings do not accept the teachings of the Bible as it pertains to the promised land. I don’t disagree with you. Israel was willing to surrender some of their divine land for peace. The Palestinians refused. Until they accept, there is no point in any other discussion. Cooperation on practical matters, maybe, but there can be no resolution without acceptance of Israel and Zionism.
It has been a lot of years. Decades. It is very late to ‘dismantle’ the settlements. Some of the remote outposts maybe. But that isn’t to say they can’t come up with some land swaps and other creative concepts to make a deal. But that’s the crux of the matter. Israel needs a partner in peace otherwise it’s more of the same to various degrees.
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