Top UN court says Israeli occupation of West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal

The jury members, in the middle President Nawaf Salam, during a non-binding ruling on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands on Friday.

The United Nations’ top court said on Friday that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal in an advisory opinion.

The opinion from the International Court of Justice stated that “Israel is under an obligation to bring to an end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible.”

An advisory opinion is not

...distort this historical truth, just as the legality of Israeli settlement in all the territories of our homeland cannot be contested,” the prime minister said.Foreign Minister Israel Katz also condemned the ICJ advisory opinion, calling it “fundamentally warped, one-sided, and wrong.”This is a breaking news story. More updates to come…