The advisory opinion by judges at the International Court of Justice was not binding but carries weight under international law and may weaken support for Israel.
Judges at the International Court of Justice rule on emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israel i military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, January 26, 2024.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said on Friday that Israel 's occupation of Palestinian territories and settlements there are illegal and should be withdrawn as soon as possible, in its strongest findings to date on the Israel -Palestinian conflict.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 court said Israel's obligations include paying restitution for harm and "the evacuation of all settlers from existing settlements". Members of Israel's security forces take positions during an Israeli raid at the Nur Shams camp for Palestinian refugees near the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, on January 4, 2024.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.
"No aid. No assistance. No complicity. No money, no arms, no trade...no actions of any kind to support Israel's illegal occupation," Palestinian envoy Riyad al-Maliki said outside the court in The Hague.war in GazaIsrael captured the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem - areas of historic Palestine which the Palestinians want for a state - in the 1967 Middle East war and has since built settlements in the West Bank and steadily expanded them.
The majority of states participating asked the court to find the occupation illegal, while a handful, including Canada and Britain, argued it should refuse to give an advisory opinion.
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