World Court finds Israel guilty of apartheid, must end occupation and pay reparations

[east]

The International Court of Justice ruled that Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem was illegal and constituted apartheid on Friday.

Also ruling that Israeli settlements in those areas were illegal, the world court said in its a non-binding advisory opinion that Israel must make restitution for the occupation and dismantle its settlements.

It called the occupation "de facto annexation" and said it was enacted through "systematic discrimination, segregation and apartheid."

Restitution would include, the court said, "evacuation of all settlers from existing settlements and the dismantling of the parts of the wall constructed by Israel that are situated in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as well as allowing all Palestinians displaced during the occupation to return to their original place of residence."

The court also said that Gaza has effectively been occupied by Israel despite its 2005 withdrawal from the enclave because of Israel's ability to control its borders and restrict the passage of good and people.

The court's panel of 15 judges from around the world said Israel has abused its status as the occupying power in the West Bank and east Jerusalem by carrying out policies of annexing territory, imposing permanent control and building settlements. It said Israel must end settlement construction immediately.



In the opinion read out by court President Nawaf Salam, the court found that "the transfer by Israel of settlers to the West Bank and Jerusalem as well as Israel's maintenance of their presence, is contrary to article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention." The court also noted with "grave concern" that Israel's settlement policy has been expanding. It further said that Israeli policies "constitute an obstruction to the exercise by the Palestinian people of its right to self-determination."

The court also found that the UN Security Council, the General Assembly and all states have an obligation not to recognize the occupation as legal and not to give aid or support toward maintaining it. The case stems from a 2022 request from the UN General Assembly, predating the war in Gaza that began in October.

Israel's Foreign Ministry said it rejected the opinion, describing it as politically biased and "completely detached" from reality. The statement criticized the ruling for "ignoring" the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7. The ministry also said that the opinion contradicted the principle that peace could only be achieved through "direct negotiations," accusing the Palestinian Authority of attempting to undermine Israel through international tribunals.

Furthermore, Israel noted that the "blatantly one-sided" opinion was advisory and not legally binding, repeating its "commitment" to the rule of law and international law.

World Court: Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories 'unlawful,' must end presence

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www.haaretz.com

Israel's prime minister, cabinet ministers, and lawmakers have categorically condemned the legal opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday. The opinion labeled the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories as "unlawful" and characterized it as "apartheid."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that the Jewish people cannot be considered occupiers in their historic homeland. "The Jewish people are not occupiers in their own land, including in our eternal capital Jerusalem nor in Judea and Samaria, our historical homeland," Netanyahu said." No absurd opinion in the Hague can deny this historical truth or the legal right of Israelis to live in their own communities in our ancestoral [sic] home."



Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the court's decision, calling it a "victory for justice." Abbas stated, "The Palestinian presidency urges the international community to demand that Israel, as an occupying power, end the occupation and withdraw unconditionally."

Israeli President Issac Herzog has also commented on the court's opinion, saying on X that he "rejected outright the one-sided and ill-judged advisory opinion of the ICJ." "Their words undermine the entire notion of the process of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians," he added.

Israel's Justice Minister Yariv Levin commented by saying that "No lies [by the World Court] will change the simple fact: the Land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel."

Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz has also commented on the court's legal opiion, saying it "Ignores the past and the historical rights of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel." Katz added that the ICJ decision is "dangerous" as "it plays into the hands of the extremists and encourages the Palestinian Authority to continue its path of slander."

Top Likud lawmaker and the head of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Yuli Edelstein, has harshly criticized the opinion, saying that the ICJ is "hijacked by Islamists" and encourages terrorism.

Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has also commented on the court's opinion, labeling it "antisemitic" and calling for an immediate annexation of the West Bank.

The Religious Zionism faction at the Knesset, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Missions Minister Orit Strock, have reacted similarly, taking to X and writing "The answer to The Hague: Sovereignty now," referring to an Israeli annexation of the West Bank.

Opposition lawmakers have also slammed the World Court's decision. Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said that the ruling is "disconnected, one-sided, tainted by antisemitism," and "serves only Islamic terrorism."

Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman Avigdor Lieberman said that the court's decision is an "antisemitic act," charging the court with "launching a war" on Israel, who is "already fighting six others."

In a post on X, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said “Judea and Samaria is the land of our ancestors,” referring to the Israeli name for the occupied West Bank. “For 2,000 years we prayed to return there and no distorted decision of a biased and anti-Semitic court will move us an inch,” he said. He further referred to the 2005 Israeli withdrawal from Gaza as a mistake, saying Israel would not replicated it by ending its occupation of the West Bank.

As Israeli leaders seethe at 'antisemitic' ICJ, Palestinian president says justice has won

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[Wig Twistin Season]

Who’s going to enforce that?

 

[T-K-G]

Who’s going to enforce that?

The day the US tells them to hold their own nuts is gonna go down in the history books

 

[east]

this is the realization of malcolm's strategy, when the oppressor perverts their justice system and enables impunity to the extent israel has, take them to the world court where the issue can't be ignored anymore

(timestamped, until ~46:12)

 

[Seoul Gleou]

So if Israel can say fukk off to international law, why the fukk should Russia and China obey it?

What's to stop Putin from saying "fukk it" and taking more than Ukraine because those satellite states used to be Russian?

These are the people the West are backing while condemning other countries

 

[Gloxina]

So if Israel can say fukk off to international law, why the fukk should Russia and China obey it?

What's to stop Putin from saying "fukk it" and taking more than Ukraine because those satellite states used to be Russian?

These are the people the West are backing while condemning other countries

Jewish woman in my office is pissed. If the US voted against it, why did the rest of them vote for it

 

[bright black]

This about illegal settlements i have been hearing about for decades?

 

[WaveMolecules]

These people using the works of fiction as justification for genocide and apartheid.

This is insanity.

“Historical homeland”
What a joke

 

[Sccit]

These people using the works of fiction as justification for genocide and apartheid.

This is insanity.

“Historical homeland”
What a joke

WORK OF FICTION DOESNT RESULT IN JEWISH ARCHITECTURE DATING THOUSANDS OF YEARS BACK THROUGHOUT THE LAND





THE UN CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE ARAB/MUSLIM COUNTRIES AND IS LED BY IRAN


STOP FALLIN FOR THE OKEY DOKE

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

This about illegal settlements i have been hearing about for decades?

They aren't illegal, though, according to the League of Nations' Mandate for Palestine.​

 

[The Realist Perspective]

WORK OF FICTION DOESNT RESULT IN JEWISH ARCHITECTURE DATING THOUSANDS OF YEARS BACK THROUGHOUT THE LAND





THE UN CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE ARAB/MUSLIM COUNTRIES AND IS LED BY IRAN


STOP FALLIN FOR THE OKEY DOKE

I don't mean to be offensive in any way, I honestly want to know, how do we know that the people that say they are Jewish today, are of the tribe of Judah from described in the bible? Jewish people are nearly indistinguishable from white, they are European, so how do they lay claim to that land when the people that have been living there, and the surrounding areas, look nothing like what is known today to be Jewish people? Also, what of the Ethiopian jews? Why are they not largely in Israel? Why do we see only white skinned Jews being represented? Sincerely want to know.

 

[Trajan]

I don't mean to be offensive in any way, I honestly want to know, how do we know that the people that say they are Jewish today, are of the tribe of Judah from described in the bible? Jewish people are nearly indistinguishable from white, they are European, so how do they lay claim to that land when the people that have been living there, and the surrounding areas, look nothing like what is known today to be Jewish people? Also, what of the Ethiopian jews? Why are they not largely in Israel? Why do we see only white skinned Jews being represented? Sincerely want to know.

The Palestinians are indigenous to that land. They probably became Muslim over a millennia

You have Central/Eastern European converts killing the original Jews and taking their history, land and culture.

 

[Sccit]

I don't mean to be offensive in any way, I honestly want to know, how do we know that the people that say they are Jewish today, are of the tribe of Judah from described in the bible? Jewish people are nearly indistinguishable from white, they are European, so how do they lay claim to that land when the people that have been living there, and the surrounding areas, look nothing like what is known today to be Jewish people? Also, what of the Ethiopian jews? Why are they not largely in Israel? Why do we see only white skinned Jews being represented? Sincerely want to know.

SEE… U HAVE VERY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE AND SPEAK ON IT DEFINITIVELY LIKE U KNOW. SO LET ME BE THE ONE TO EDUCATE

MOST JEWS IN ISRAEL TODAY ARE MIZRAHI AND HAVE ZERO TIES TO EUROPE… YET U CONFIDENTLY STATE THAT “JEWS TODAY ARE EUROPEAN” .. THIS IS HOW THE MISCONCEPTIONS SPREADS LIKE WILD FIRE

THE JEWS U SPEAK OF ARE ASHKENAZI JEWS, WHO SETTLED IN EUROPE AND ADAPTED + INTERMIXED OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS AFTER GOING INTO EXILE POST ROMAN CONQUEST OF JUDEA

BUT THE MAJORITY OF JEWS IN ISRAEL TODAY ARE JEWS WHO SETTLED THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST LEVANT POST EXILE

SO THIS CLAIM OF “JEWS ARE EUROPEANS!” JUST EXPOSES THE IGNORANCE THAT IS BEING PUSHED IN REGARDS TO THIS TOPIC..

FURTHERMORE, WERE ONLY SPEAKING ROUGHLY 3000 YEARS AGO… SO TO THINK THAT THERES SOME MASS CONSPIRACY REGARDING JEWS WHO KEPT THE FAITH IS NOT ONLY COMPLETELY OUTLANDISH BUT ALSO EASILY DEBUNKED WIT DNA STUDIES


AND ETHIOPIAN JEWS ARE LARGELY IN ISRAEL…. NOT SURE WHERE U GETTIN ALL UR INFO FROM BROTHER… BUT U FINALLY SPEAKIN DIRECTLY TO THE SOURCE

 

[Sccit]

The Palestinians are indigenous to that land. They probably became Muslim over a millennia

You have Central/Eastern European converts killing the original Jews and taking their history, land and culture.

LMAOOOO


MOST PALESTINIANS ARE ARABS WHO ORIGINATED IN SAUDI ARABIA AND CONQUERED THE LEVANT … THEY MADE THEIR WAY VIA SYRIA, LEBANON, AND JORDAN

STOP SPREADING THIS NONSENSE

PALESTINIAN IDENTITY DIDNT EXIST UP UNTIL JEWS GOT SOVEREIGNTY.. ONLY TO DRIVE JEWS OUT…. BEFORE THAT, THEY REFERRED TO THEMSELVES AS ARAB

DO MORE RESEARCH IF U WANA SPEAK ON THESE TOPICS

 

[Pure Water]

Yo @Sccit just a question. A quick one because I generally don't put a lot of attention into what's going on in that part of the world.

Would you think it's okay for Black Americans to go to West Africa and set up shop because that's our ancestral homeland? And I don't mean go over there and follow the laws and customs of a country, but to go over there with the help of the West and create a whole new country where African Americans get preferential treatment over the current native population? I just need for you to answer that question. I don't need anything else from this.