World Court Says Israel’s Occupation Violates International Law

By 11 votes to 4, is of the opinion that the state of Israel’s continued presence within the occupied territory is illegal. By 14 votes to 1, is of the opinion that the State of Israel is underneath an obligation to stop instantly all new settlement actions, and to evacuate all settlers from the occupied Palestinian territory. The court docket involves the conclusion that Israel’s insurance policies and practices, together with the upkeep and growth of settlements, the development of related infrastructure and the wall, the exploitation of pure sources, the proclamation of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the great software of Israeli home legislation in East Jerusalem and its intensive software within the West Bank entrench Israel’s management of the occupied Palestinian territory, notably of East Jerusalem and of Area C of the West Bank. These insurance policies and practices are designed to stay in place indefinitely and to create irreversible results on the bottom. Consequently, the court docket considers that these insurance policies and practices quantity to annexation of huge elements of the occupied Palestinian territory.