Atimes - Israel up against the wall

This is an excellent article that explains in simple language the International Court of Justice decision on Israel's "Security Barrier". Quote from article:

Presumably well-lobbied beforehand, most of the US media reports about the case have sought to qualify the court's opinion as "non-binding". Of course, an authoritative statement of international law, issued by a 14-1 majority, is non-binding only if you do not accept the applicability of international law.

In reality, it would be difficult to get a more authoritative decision, not least since this opinion is being delivered to the General Assembly of the UN - with part of the opinion being that states party to the various conventions have a duty to enforce them on Israel.

 

Read the ICJ Decision on the Wall from the International Court of Justice website

 

STOP THE WALL - Website of the Palestinian anti-apartheid Wall Campaign

 

 

 

 

 

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