The top UN court has ruled that Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal and should end, in a landmark decision.
Giving their ruling, judges at the International Court of Justice in the Hague cited Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.The ruling is non-binding, but marks the first time that the court has ruled on the legal status of the territory that Israel took in the 1967 Arab-Israel war.The case was launched well before the current conflict, which began over nine months ago.Israel did not send a legal team to the hearings but submitted written comments.
The judges also expressed their "grave concern" about the fact that Israel's settlement policy has been expanding. The international court ruled that the way Israel used its natural resources was inconsistent with its legal obligations as an occupying power. Mr Netanyahu said in response: "The Jewish people are not conquerors in their own land — neither in our eternal capital Jerusalem nor in the land of our ancestors in Judea and Samaria.
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