The U.N.'s top court called Israel's presence in the Palestinian Territories illegal and 'unlawful,' in an advisory opinion released on Friday.
The United Nations' top court declared Israel's continued presence in the Palestinian territories 'illegal' and urged the country to immediately cease all new settlements, evacuate settlers, and issue reparations, in an advisory opinion released Friday.In the decision, the International Court of Justice determined that Israel is obliged to end its presence as 'rapidly as possible.
High Commissioner for Human Rights it was noted that approximately 700,000 Israeli settlers lived in the West Bank as of September 2023 and 'the size of existing Israeli settlements has expanded at the highest rate since monitoring began in 2017.
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