The UN’s highest court ruled Friday that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory since 1967 was “illegal,” adding that it must end “as quickly as possible.”
Some fifty states testified in this unprecedented case.
The opinion by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which sits in The Hague, is not binding, but could add to growing international legal pressure on Israel over the war in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the ICJ ruling “a lie,” while a Palestinian minister called it “a great day for Palestine.”
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