to’Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories And exploitation of natural resources violates international lawThis statement was international justice Court (ITJ) on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. In a decision read by President Nawaf Salam, the Court concluded that Israel’s settlement policies violate international law and that the exploitation of natural resources violates the Palestinians’ right to “permanent sovereignty On their resources. The decision of the International Court of Justice, which is not binding but is taken into account in the interpretation of international law, comes at the request of the United Nations General Assembly.
The International Court of Justice considered Israel to be one of them. “Occupying Power” in Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank Its policy of establishing settlements in the Palestinian territories violates international law. The Hague-based court also declared that Gaza is an integral part of the territories occupied by Israel and constitutes a “single territorial unit” with the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
In addition, the ICJ statement emphasizes that the Oslo Accords “Do not allow Israel to annex Palestinian lands And don’t have one “Permanent presence”. The Court therefore affirms that Israel “has the obligation to end its presence illegitimate presidency occupied territories as soon as possible.”
“End the illegal presence” in the Palestinian territories
“The State of Israel is obligated to end everything immediately. New settlement activities“Whether all settlers will be evacuated from the occupied Palestinian territories,” the ICJ says, stressing that the Jewish state also has an “obligation” to “Repair the damage caused” To all persons affected by their activities in the Palestinian territories.
The court, based in The Hague, stressed in its ruling that all states and international organizations had done so. “Commitment not to recognize as legal” the “illegal” presence“Israel in the occupied territories.” For this reason, the United Nations is asked to “consider specific modalities and take further action” in order to “bring to an end as soon as possible to the illegal presence” of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The reading of the statement by the President of the Interim International Criminal Court began with a discussion of the reasons why the Court considered that it could issue a non-binding opinion on the request made by the UN General Assembly. Nawaf Salam said: “There are no compelling reasons to decline to issue an opinion.”
UN General Assembly Request
The ICJ statement comes in response to a request from the UN General Assembly regarding the legal consequences of “The continued occupation, settlement and annexation of Palestinian lands since 1967 I am from Israel’s violation of the right to self-determination This is the first time in nearly six decades that the International Court of Justice has issued an opinion on the status of the occupation, after hearing from the 50 states and three international organizations that are part of the procedure.
In previous hearings for the ruling in this case, Palestine asked the International Court of Justice to issue its ruling. The Israeli occupation is “illegal”.And that it “ends immediately and unconditionally” and that it “defends the right of the Palestinians to self-determination.” Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said at the beginning of the session that “the genocide in Gaza is the result of decades of Israeli impunity.” The Palestinian Foreign Minister also stressed that “ending Israeli impunity is a moral, political and legal imperative.”
In the 1967 war, Israel occupied Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The UN Security Council called on Tel Aviv to withdraw, but the military occupation continues to this day despite the Palestinians’ right to self-determination. According to the UN, these territories suffer from a “protracted political and protection crisis” after 56 years of occupation and 16 years of blockade in Gaza. Apart from the recent military operations in the Strip, they condemn the “restrictive and discriminatory regime” imposed by Israel, as well as the “excessive use of force, settlement expansion and settler violence” that has continued for nearly six decades.
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