Archiv: 30-12-2022 UN General Assembly requesting advisory opinion from World Court (ICJ) on Israeli state practices in ocupied Palestine / hearings 19-26 Feb 2024 / ruling 19-07-2024 / occupation is illegal


26.05.2025 - 18:16 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

‘Stop Arming Israel’: Israeli Citizens Demonstrations in 12 European Cities, Meeting in Paris

“No business as usual with Israel”, demonstrations by Israeli citizens across Europe will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 27, in 12 major cities to demand: “Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement! Stop Arming Israel!”

According to the initiative, “As Israeli citizens living in Europe, we are watching with broken hearts and endless rage as the Israeli army is exacting unprecedented destruction on the Gaza Strip and its people, as the Israeli society is deteriorating into fascism and widespread dehumanization, and as our government is committing a genocide aimed at the destruction of Palestinian collectivity.”

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In addition, from June 12 to 14, 2025, Paris will host an exceptional gathering, held under the patronage and in the presence of the French President Emmanuel Macron. The initiative was started by The Alliance for Two States headed by Palestinian Samer Sinijlawi and Israeli Gershon Baskin.

25.05.2025 - 18:43 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Any government in the world could expel the rogue state of Israel from the United Nations. None does.

It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.

21.05.2025 - 19:34 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Any government in the world could expel the rogue state of Israel from the United Nations. None does.

It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.

17.05.2025 - 14:49 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Any government in the world could expel the rogue state of Israel from the United Nations. None does.

(April 27, 2025)

It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.

14.05.2025 - 18:13 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Any government in the world could expel the rogue state of Israel from the United Nations. None does.

(April 27, 2025)

It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.

14.05.2025 - 16:34 [ Verfassungsblog.de ]

Unseating the Israeli Government from the UN General Assembly in case of non-compliance with the Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024

(October 15, 2024)

The GA has other tools for discharging its obligations under the AdvOp, including unseating the Israeli government from the GA through the Assembly’s authority to review the credentials of State delegations. A similar measure was taken against apartheid South Africa in 1974 and lasted until the end of apartheid in 1994.

03.05.2025 - 13:04 [ docs.google.com ]

Letter to the PM on Gaza and Recognising the State of Palestine

Signed by representatives of the following organisations and their branches, affiliates or in their individual capacity:

Abrahamic Foundation

Abrar Foundation

Abu Bakar Mosque (Bradford)

Abu Bakr Trust (ABT) – Walsall

Abu Hanifah Foundation (Blackburn)

Ad Duha Masjid

Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaat

Al Abbas Islamic Centre, KSIMC Birmingham

Al Amaan Education Trust

Al Aqsa Masjid Docklands

Al Balagh Academy

Al Khazra Mosque (Oldham)

Al Madani Masjid (Slough)

Al Madina Jame Masjid

Al Madina Mosque Barking

Al Manaar Academy (Loughborough)

Al Quran Academy

Al Zahra Foundation

Al Zunayrah Foundation

Al-Emaan Centre

Al-Falah Islamic Education Centre

Al-Farooq Trust

Al-Hijrah Trust

Al-Hira Educational Centre and Masjid

AL-HQ Law & More (Islamic Wills)

Al-Mahdi Centre, Wessex

Al-Muttaqin Research Centre (Manchester)

Al-Risalah Trust (London)

Alansar IEC

Alessi Marketing

Alkhair Primary School

AlKhaleel Institute

Alnoor Cultural & Educational Trust (Alnoor C&ET) – Essex

Aman Association

Amanah Masjid (Birmingham)

Anjuman Raza-E-Mustafa

Aqoon Education Services

Arab Lawyers Association (UK)

As-Salaam Trust – The Peace Centre

Asha Islamic Centre

Asian Muslim Cultural Association (London)

Asian Women Association

Association of Srilankan Muslims in UK

Aston Palestine Society

Azhar Academy Bolton

Balham Masjid & Tooting Islamic Centre

Bangladesh Islamic Centre (Birmingham)

Bangladeshi Islamic Society

Baytun Noor (Birmingham)

Beeston Muslim Centre

Belfast Islamic Centre

Belfast MultiCultural Association

Belgrave Mosque – Owais Qarni (Ilford)

Bexley Palestine Solidarity Campaign (Bexley PSC)

Bilal Mosque (Leeds)

Bilborough Islamic Centre

Birmingham Masjid and Dawah Centre

Bishopbriggs Islamic Community Centre

Blackburn Road Learning Centre

Bolton Central Islamic Society (BCIS)

Bolton Council of Mosques [~40]

Bradford Friends of Palestine (BFOP)

Bridgford Muslim Action Group

BrIsoc

Bristol Muslim Cultural Society (BMCS)

Bristol Turkish Community Association

British Arab Nursing and Midwifery Association

British Islamic Medical Association

British Muslim Heritage Centre

British Palestinian Families Network

British Turkish Association [~40]

Bushey Islamic Circle

Campaign Against Anti-Muslim Hate / Campaign Against Hate

Central Jamia Masjid (Southall)

Central Mosque (Wakefield)

Cheadle Masjid

Chelmsford Action for Palestine

Chelmsford Muslim Society

Cherwell Projects Ltd

Cis Windows

City Friends of Palestine (London)

City Retreat Leicester

City University Islamic Society (ISOC)

Cloud Devops Ltd

Committee for Alternative Development Trust

Compass Learning Centre (CLC)

Consortium [~11]

Cosy Cruise Travel Ltd

Council for Mosques Bradford [~140]

Council of Bristol Mosques (CBM) [~6]

Council of European Jamaats [~11]

Council of Mosque – Tower Hamlets [~45]

Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations [~28]

Croydon Islamic Youth Club

Dar Ul Isra Education and Welfare (Cardiff)

Dar us Salaam

Darassalaam

Darul Arqam Muslim Community Association

Darul Atfaal

Darul Ilm – SLMC of East London

Darulisra Muslim Educational Welfare Centre

Darus Salam Mosque (Leicester)

Darussalam Education Centre

Derby Jamia Mosque

Diverse Legal Consulting (Chelmsford)

Diyanet Stoke Education Centre

Dovex

Dundee Central Mosque

East Birmingham Central Masjid

East Cardiff Muslim Centre

East End Islamic Centre (Newham)

East Kilbride Muslims Association

Easton Jamia Masjid

Eden Foundation (Birmingham)

Eden Masjid and Dawah Centre

Edgware Youth

Eid Prayer And Festival (Leicester)

Elland Masjid Association – West Yorkshire

Enfield Community Action Group

Enfield Town Islamic Centre

Epsom and Ewell Islamic society

Essex Council of Mosques [~5]

EuroPal Forum

Exeter Mosque and Cultural Centre

Extant Marketing

Faith Inspire [~7]

Fatima Community Centre (Sheffield)

Fatima Elizabeth Archery Club

Fatima Elizabeth Phrontistery

Fazilat Masjid (Nottingham)

FC Leytonstone

Federation of Muslim Organisations (FMO) [~50]

Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) [~120]

Finsbury Park Mosque

First Choice Plumbing

Fiqh Council Birmingham (FCB)

Fleetgate Hardware ltd

Friends of Al-Aqsa

Fussilat Academy (London)

Gastec

Global Somali Diaspora

Goodwood Islamic Centre

Grangetown Muslim Cultural Centre (GMCC)

Green Street Business Association

Haaya Foundation (Hounslow)

Hamilton Islamic Centre

Hamlets Way Mosque (Mile End Bengali Muslim Community Association)

Handsworth Wood Cultural Centre

Harpenden Muslim Network

Harrow Youth Club

Hastings Mosque

Havering4Peace

Hayes Muslim Centre

Here For Youth

Hillingdon Borough Muslims

Hounslow Muslim Centre

Hubb Leicestershire

Huddersfield Community First (HDCF)

Huddersfield Council of Mosques (HCoM)

Hull Turkish Education Society

Humanity for All (Scotland)

Hyderi Islamic Centre

I Waqf

I Will Solicitors

Ibadurrehman Trust

ICareCharity

ICMG Edmonton branch

ICMG MARGATE

Imam Zakariya Academy (IZA)

Imdadia Charitable Trust

Imperial Islamic Society

In Her Footsteps

Inspireamillion Limited

Inspired Supported Housing

Inspirited Minds

Interbuild Aid

International Communities Organisation (London)

International Community Milli Görüş

Iqra Women‘s Group (Leeds)

ISLAH (Cambridge)

Islamic Education Trust Leicester

Islamic Finance Guru

Islamic History Channel

Islamic Information Centre, Hastings

Islamic Research Institute of GB (IRIGB)

Islamic Society of Britain

Islamic Tarbiyyah Prep School (Bradford)

Jam-e-Masjid Qiblah Hadhrat Sahib Gulhar Shareef Birmingham

Jamia Masjid Sultania (JMS) (Nottingham)

Jamia Syeda Fatima Al Zahra Mosque

Jamia Usmania

JKR & HCY ISLAMIC CENTRE (Reading)

Jummah in Chorleywood

Karima al Marwaziyya Foundation (High Wycombe)

Kent Islamic Center

Khidmah Organisation (Leicester)

Khizra Mosque

Kilmarnock Central Mosque

Kurdish Society of Nottingham

Lancashire Council of Mosques

Lantor Ltd

Leeds Beckett University Islamic Society (LBU ISOC)

Legal Action for Peace

Leicester Community Assist

Leicestershire Zakah Foundation

Lewisham Islamic Centre

Leytonstone Islamic Association

London Islamic Culture and Recreation Society

Long Eaton Masjid

Loughborough Dawah Centre

Loughborough Mosque and Islamic Culture Association

Lumb Fox Limited

Luton Council of Mosques

Luton Muslim Malayali Association

Luton Sri Lankan Islamic Cultural Centre

Luton Turkish community

Madarasah Noorul Quran Leicester

Madrasa Talimu Quran

Madina Mosque & Community Centre (Cardiff)

Madni Masjid (Nottingham)

Madrasa Taleem ul Islam (Glasgow)

Madrasaatul Noor Leicester

Madrasah Madania Tahfeezul Quran (MMTQ) – Bradford

Mahmudsabir Masjid

Malayalee Muslim Cultural & Welfare Association UK

Maldon Masjid

MAN UK

Marifah Institute

Markazul-Uloom Al-Islamiyya (Rotherham)

Masjid Abu Bakr

Masjid Abu Bakr Tinsley

Masjid Abu Hurairah

Masjid Al Falaah (Birmingham)

Masjid Al Farouq

Masjid Al Furqan (Leicester)

Masjid Al Madina (Walsall)

Masjid Al Rawda (London)

Masjid Al-Jannah Slough

Masjid Alhikmah and Community Centre

Masjid At Taqwa (Bradford)

Masjid Ayesha

Masjid Ayesha (London)

Masjid e Imam Ali (Aberdeen)

Masjid e Noor (Gloucester)

Masjid e Salaam Trust (Bolton)

Masjid E Tauheed (Manor Park- London)

Masjid e Umar (Bradford)

Masjid Hazrat Bilal (Bristol)

Masjid Ibrahim Ferham (Rotherham)

Masjid Jamia Islamia Nottingham

Masjid Noor

Masjid Taha & Education Centre (Stratford, London)

Masjid Talha

Masjid Tawhid Leyton

Masjid Ul Hidayah (East Ham)

Masjid Umar

Masjid Usman (Bradford)

Masjid Zakaria (Birmingham)

Masjid-E-Quba, London

Masjid-e-Zainabia

Masjid-us-Sunnah (Leicester)

Masjid E Saliheen, Preston

MAUK

Meadows Muslim Centre (Nottingham)

Millwall Community Association

Misbaahul Uloom Urdu Centre

Mksi Leicester

Monmouthshire Muslim Community Association

Mum’s Kitchen

Mushkil Aasaan Charity

Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) [~15]

Muslim Association of Croydon (MAC)

Muslim Community Association

Muslim Community Centre Uxbridge

Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)

Muslim Council of Scotland [~100]

Muslim Council of Wales [~70]

Muslim Cultural & Welfare Association of Sutton (MCWAS)

Muslim Cultural Centre Wollaton, Nottingham

Muslim Doctors Association and Allied Health Professionals CIC

Muslim Doctors Cymru (MDC)

Muslim Engagement and Development

Muslim Event

Muslim Khatri Association

Muslim Public Affairs Forum Committee (MPACUK)

Muslim Welfare House Sheffield

Muslim Welfare Institute (MWI) (Blackburn)

Muslim Welfare Society Port Talbot

Muslim Women of Merton

Muslimaat UK (MMT UK)

My School Tutor

Narjis foundation (Glasgow)

Naseeha Youth Project (NYP) (Cardiff)

National Waqf

NCJM Stow Hill Mosque

New Beginnings

Newcastle Central Mosque

Newcastle under Lyme Islamic Centre

Newham Muslim Forum

Newport Diyanet Community Education Centre

Nextpoint Recruitment

Nexus Pharmacy

Nfsb Cardiff limited

NHS Muslim Women’s Network

Noka Solutions Ltd

Noor Youth

Noor-el-Islam Mosque (Cardiff)

Noorani Education Centre

Norbury Islamic Academy

Norbury Muslim Centre

North Ilford Islamic Centre

North West Islamic Association

Northwood Hills Mosque and Community Centre (NHMCC)

Nottingham Bangladesh Centre

Nottingham Council of Mosques (NCM) [~25]

Nottingham Islam Information Point

Nottingham Turkish Community

Nur Al Hadi Mosque (Sheffield)

Nuurul Huda Cultural centre ltd

Oadby and Wigston Muslim Association

Oadby Community Hub

P and D UK Services Ltd (West London)

Pakistan Centre

Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB)

Palmed UK Charity

Peckham Mosque Trust

Pekunluler Turkish Cultural Association

Plumstead Islamic Centre

PMS Jamea Masjid

Port Talbot Mosque

Preston Muslim Forum

PureStreets

Purley Islamic Community Centre

Qadria Jilania Islamic Centre & Madrasa (Manchester)

Qasim al-Ulum Centre (Manchester)

Qmed Staffing

Queensgate Islamic Centre

Quran Club

Quran ft Soul

Quwwat-ul-Islam Society Newham

Reading Muslim

Recipe2Inspire CIC (R2I)

Redbridge & Ilford Independents

Redbridge Community Action Group (RCAG)

Reflection Path

River To The Sea (Non Profit)

S E London Friends of Palestine

Saeed Institute (Bolton)

Said Nursi Mosque

Salahaddin Community Centre (Peterborough)

Sayyidah Aminah Masjid (Bradford)

SBMCA (Birmingham)

Scottish Association of Mosques [~13]

Shah Jalal Jami Masjid (Walsall)

Shahjalal Mosque & Islamic Centre (Oldham)

Shahporan Jam e Mosque

Shahporan Madrasah

SHERIFF Estate & Letting Agent

Sherwood Education and Culture Centre

Shia Ithna‘ashari Community of Middlesex (SICM)

Simply Ethical Financial Services Ltd

SLIA

Soul Therapy Scotland

Southend Mosque

Sri Lanka Islamic Forum UK

Sri Lanka Muslim Society UK (Leicester)

Sri Lankan Muslim Progressive Front-Milton Keynes

Srilankan Muslim Community of East London

STEM Muslims

Streatham Hill Masjid

Strive UK [~15]

Suffa Education Centre

Suffolk Muslim Society

Surrey Muslim Association

Swansea University Mosque

Taleem Ul-Quran Trust (Coventry)

Tawfiq Online Learning

Taybah Charitable Trust

Teviot British Bangladeshi Association (London)

The Ahmed Ali Petkar Foundation (TAAP Foundation)

The Alberinious Foundation

The Ilford Muslim Society

The Islamic Foundation (Leicester)

The Lantern Initiative

The Quran Hub (TQH)

The Shah Jahan Mosque (Woking, Surrey)

The Suffah Institute

The United Kingdom Indian Muslim Council (UKIMC)

The Wheel Plug UK (Dewsbury)

The World Federation of KSIMC

Thornton Heath Islamic centre

Turners and Locksley Centre

Turners and Locksley Masjid Cultural Centre (London)

Tuyoorul jannah (TJ) Birds of Paradise

UCL Students for Justice in Palestine

UK Islam Centre

UK Kahramanmaras Education and Culture Centre

UK Medical and Community Projects

UKIM [~50]

Ummah Community Centre (UCC)

Ummah Community Trust (UCT)

Ummah Gwent Community Centre / Masjid

Union of Muslim Organisations (Walsall)

University of Birmingham Friends of Palestine

University of Birmingham Islamic Society

Warwick Islamic Society

West London Mosques Forum (Southall)

Werneth Jamia Masjid

West Cardiff Islamic Centre

West London Mosque Forum

West London Turkish Volunteers

Women Together

Worcester Muslim Welfare Association – Worcester Central Masjid

World Forum for Srilankan Muslims

Worthing Islamic Society

Xynosoft Ltd

Y9 Mak communications Ltd

Yemeni Community Association in sandwell

Yeovil Islamic Centre & SSMCA

YMCO – Young Muslim and Community Organisation (Cardiff)

Zaza Technologies Ltd

Zeenergy Limited

03.05.2025 - 12:53 [ Muslim Council of Britain ]

Hundreds of UK Muslim Organisations Unite to Call on Prime Minister to Recognise Palestinian Statehood

(April 29, 2025)

Commenting on the letter, Secretary General Dr Wajid Akhter said:

“We are at a watershed moment as events in Gaza intensify, with more innocent lives lost each day. British Muslim communities, alongside countless others across the country, are simply calling for a foreign policy rooted in justice, humanity, and international law.

“We have rightly mobilised a coalition of the willing to oppose Russia’s illegal occupation of Ukraine, yet the illegal occupation of Palestine and the mass killing of Palestinian civilians is met with silence. We urge Prime Minister Keir Starmer to show moral leadership and act swiftly.“

03.05.2025 - 12:48 [ 5PillarsUK.com ]

Hundreds of Muslim groups demand UK recognition of Palestinian state

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has deliver a letter signed by over 300 Muslim groups to 10 Downing Street urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to show “moral leadership” and swiftly recognise the Palestinian State.

The signatories, comprising of organisations from every region of the UK, including mosques, student societies, charities and advocacy groups, are calling on the British government to urgently:

29.11.2024 - 23:14 [ theCradle.co ]

KSA abandons US defense pact over Palestinian statehood ‚stalemate‘: Report

As a result of the Saudi and Israeli positions, “Riyadh and Washington hope a more modest defense pact could be sealed before President Joe Biden leaves the White House in January,” according to the Saudi and western sources.

29.11.2024 - 23:11 [ Reuters ]

Saudi Arabia abandons pursuit of US defence treaty over Israel stalemate

In a drive to get a wide-ranging mutual security treaty over the line earlier this year, Riyadh softened its position on Palestinian statehood, telling Washington that a public commitment from Israel to a two-state solution could be enough for the Gulf kingdom to normalise relations.

But with public anger in Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East at fever pitch over Israel‘s military actions in Gaza, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has again made recognition of Israel conditional on it taking concrete steps to create a Palestinian state, two Saudi and three Western sources said.

31.10.2024 - 12:41 [ News.az ]

Rapporteur calls for suspension of Israel‘s UN membership

„I do believe that the impunity that has been granted to Israel has allowed it to become a serial violator of international law,“ Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, said at a news conference.

Albanese said she recommends that the General Assembly consider the suspension of Israel‘s credential as a member of the UN until it ends violating international laws and withdraws the occupation, which she said is „clearly unlawful.“

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„The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to withdraw, unconditionally, totally, rapidly as possible its military presence, dismantling the colonies, stopping the seizing the exploitation of natural resources on the occupied Palestinian territory and making also reparations,“ Albanese added.

27.09.2024 - 17:38 [ UN Web TV ]

President of the State of Palestine Abbas addresses United Nations

Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, addressed world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, stressing that the Palestinian people will not leave their homeland – the land of their ancestors.

27.09.2024 - 17:30 [ United Nations ]

Abbas dismisses ‘Israeli lies’, tells world leaders entire generations being wiped out in Gaza

He also called for international protection for Palestinians in the occupied territories, stating, “we cannot fight Israel, and we don’t want to fight, we want protection,” he said, adding that the State of Palestine must assume responsibility in Gaza and exercise jurisdiction over the region, including control of border checkpoints.

“This is our proposal to you, you can accept it, amend it or change it, we are ready for all that.”

Concluding his address, Mr. Abbas said that “while we recognize the State of Israel, Israel does not recognize us”.

“We want a solution that will protect both countries – the State of Palestine and the State of Israel – so they can co-exist in peace, stability and security.”

18.09.2024 - 00:10 [ digitallibrary.UN.org ]

United Nations General Assembly A/ES-10/L.31/Rev.1: Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

1. Welcomes the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 19 July 2024 on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory;

2. Demands that Israel brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which constitutes a wrongful act of a continuing character entailing its international responsibility, and do so no later than 12 months from the adoption of the present resolution;

3. Demands that Israel comply without delay with all its legal obligations under international law, including as stipulated by the International Court of Justice, by, inter alia:

(a) Withdrawing all its military forces from the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including its airspace and maritime space;

(b) Putting an end to its unlawful policies and practices, including ceasing immediately all new settlement activity, evacuating all settlers from the Occupied Palestinian Territory and dismantling the parts of the wall constructed by Israel that are situated in the Territory, and repealing all legislation and measures creating or maintaining the unlawful situation, including those which discriminate against the Palestinian people, as well as all measures aimed at modifying the demographic composition, character and status of any parts of the Territory, including all measures violating the historic status quo at the holy sites of Jerusalem;

(c) Returning the land and other immovable property, as well as all assets seized from any natural or legal person since its occupation started in 1967, and all cultural property and assets taken from Palestinians and Palestinian institutions;

(d) Allowing all Palestinians displaced during the occupation to return to their original place of residence;

(e) Making reparation for the damage caused to all the natural and legal persons concerned in the Occupied Palestinian Territory;

(f) Immediately complying with obligations under international law indicated in the respective provisional measures orders of the International Court of Justice in the case concerning the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide7 (South Africa v. Israel) in relation to the right of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip to be protected from all acts within the scope of articles II and III of the Convention;

(g) Not impeding the Palestinian people from exercising its right to self-determination, including its right to an independent and sovereign State, over the entirety of the Occupied Palestinian Territory;

16.09.2024 - 12:57 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel‘s Lapid to meet top US administration officials in Washington

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid is set to meet with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan during his visit to the country on Monday, his office said in a statement.

16.09.2024 - 12:34 [ IsraelHayom.com ]

Israel‘s drastic plan if Palestinians win at UN

(September 12, 2024)

The anti-Israel crescendo is set for Wednesday: a vote on the Palestinian resolution, widely expected to pass by a comfortable margin. With no veto power in such General Assembly votes, Israel faces an uphill battle. These moves directly follow efforts to bolster the Palestinian Authority‘s UN standing in May. Now, as a complementary step, they aim to further erode Israel‘s global standing.

16.09.2024 - 12:25 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Benjamin Netanyahu to attend UN General Assembly – statement

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attend the United Nations General Assembly this month, his office said on Sunday.

13.09.2024 - 15:00 [ Reuters ]

UN likely to vote next week on push to end Israel presence in Palestinian territory

(September 9,2024)

The United Nations General Assembly is likely to vote next week on a Palestinian draft resolution demanding Israel end „its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory“ within six months.
The key aim of the draft resolution, written by the Palestinian Authority and seen by Reuters, is to welcome a July advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice that said Israel‘s occupation of Palestinian territories and settlements is illegal and should be withdrawn.

13.09.2024 - 14:47 [ Jerusalem Post ]

The Palestinian Authority‘s diplomatic war continues – editorial

Ever since then-PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, infamously carrying a pistol, spoke at the UN in 1974, the Palestinian situation has not significantly changed. In fact, as the situation in Gaza attests, it has only gotten worse – despite the PA winning vote after vote in the UN General Assembly.

If the Palestinians had spent the same energy over the past half-century building up the areas under their control in the West Bank and Gaza rather than demonizing Israel on the world stage, their situation today would be markedly different and much better.

12.09.2024 - 20:15 [ Middle East Monitor ]

Palestine to seek end to ‘unlawful’ Israel occupation within 12 months at UN

Palestine’s permanent mission to the UN is expected to present a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly next week demanding Israel to end its presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories within 12 months, according to a document obtained by Anadolu on Thursday.

12.09.2024 - 20:08 [ Palestinian News and Information Agency – WAFA.ps ]

State of Palestine takes a seat in the UN General Assembly

This significant moment follows a decision by the General Assembly in May, where a majority of members voted in favor of granting Palestine full membership rights. This resolution came after the United States used its veto power in the Security Council to block Palestine‘s bid for full UN membership. (…)

To be granted full UN membership, a state must receive a two-thirds majority vote from the General Assembly following a positive recommendation from the Security Council.

The U.S. vetoed this recommendation on April 18, preventing Palestine from achieving full membership.

09.09.2024 - 15:41 [ International Court of Justice ]

LEGAL CONSEQUENCES ARISING FROM THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF ISRAEL IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM

(July 19, 2024)

278. Taking note of the resolutions of the Security Council and General Assembly, the Court is of the view that Member States are under an obligation not to recognize any changes in the physical character or demographic composition, institutional structure or status of the territory occupied by Israel on 5 June 1967, including East Jerusalem, except as agreed by the parties through negotiations and to distinguish in their dealings with Israel between the territory of the State of Israel and the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967. The Court considers that the duty of distinguishing dealings with Israel between its own territory and the Occupied Palestinian Territory encompasses, inter alia, the obligation to abstain from treaty relations with Israel in all cases in which it purports to act on behalf of the Occupied Palestinian Territory or a part thereof on matters concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory or a part of its territory; to abstain from entering into economic or trade dealings with Israel concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory or parts thereof which may entrench its unlawful presence in the territory; to abstain, in the establishment and maintenance of diplomatic missions in Israel, from any recognition of its illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory; and to take steps to prevent trade or investment relations that assist in the maintenance of the illegal situation created by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (see Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970), Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1971, pp. 55-56, paras. 122, 125-127).

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281. Finally, the Court is of the view that the precise modalities to bring to an end Israel’s
unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is a matter to be dealt with by the General Assembly, which requested this opinion, as well as the Security Council. Therefore, it is for the General Assembly and the Security Council to consider what further action is required to put an end to the illegal presence of Israel, taking into account the present Advisory Opinion.

09.09.2024 - 15:32 [ Nigerian Tribune ]

Group seeks enforcement of ICJ ruling on Israel/Palestine crisis

(September 1, 2024)

An Islamic organization, Aqsah Nigeria, has called on world leaders, especially African governments, to take decisive action in enforcing the July 19th, 2024 ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which declared Israel’s war on Palestinian territories unlawful.

The organization also urged mass mobilization and continuous public awareness to uphold this “landmark judgment” in hopes of ending the ongoing killing of women and children and the displacement of Palestinians by Israeli forces.

27.02.2024 - 03:00 [ International Court of Justice ]

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) Conclusion of the public hearings held from 19 to 26 February 2024

THE HAGUE, 26 February 2024. The public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion in respect of the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, concluded today.

During the hearings, the State of Palestine, 49 Member States of the United Nations and three international organizations presented oral statements (in the following order): Palestine,
South Africa, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Russian Federation, France, The Gambia, Guyana, Hungary, China, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Indonesia, Qatar, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, Zambia, League of Arab States, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, African Union, Spain, Fiji and the Maldives.

The verbatim records of the hearings, including the lists of participating delegations, are
available on the case page on the Court’s website. High-resolution video clips and still photos produced by the Registry during the hearings are available free of charge and free of copyright for editorial, non-commercial use, on the Multimedia page on the Court’s website.

The Court will now begin its deliberation.

The Court’s advisory opinion will be delivered at a public sitting, the date of which will be
announced in due course.

27.02.2024 - 02:30 [ International Court of Justice ]

Public sitting held on Monday 26 February 2024, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace

60. In view of the foregoing arguments and recalling the relevant resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council, the Republic of Türkiye respectfully calls upon the nternational Court of Justice to declare the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, illegal under international law. Israel must also respect the historical status quo in the holy places in Jerusalem.

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The PRESIDENT: I thank the delegation of Zambia for its presentation. I invite the next participating delegation, the League of Arab States, to address the Court and I call Mr Abdel Hakim El Rifai to the podium.

Mr EL RIFAI:

1. Thank you, Mr President, honourable Members of the Court, it is a great honour and privilege to appear before you today, on behalf of the League of Arab States.

2. I would like to read a statement by His Excellency Mr Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States.

3. The League of Arab States attaches high importance to the present proceedings, hoping that they contribute to safeguarding the principles of international law, to uphold the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, and end the last oppressive, expansionist, apartheid, settler-colonial occupation, still standing in the twenty-first century.

4. The persistence of this occupation, acts of genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, crimes against humanity, displacement of populations, imprisonment of Palestinians behind illegal segregation walls, expansion of illegal settlements, creating new political realities on the ground aiming at complicating the dismantling of the occupation ⎯ all ⎯ will never discourage Palestinians from claiming their legitimate inalienable rights.

5. The insistence on placing Israel above the law, through the politicization of accountability and adopting double standards in the application of justice is a direct threat to international peace and stability.

6. Ending Israel’s total impunity, and subjecting it ⎯ like any other State ⎯ to the universal rules of international law, will help annul its pretexts to systematically reject peace initiatives, the most serious of which is the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002, which offered full normalization of relations with all Arab States, in exchange of Israel only respecting its already established obligations, under the bodies of international law, human rights law, and the United Nations Security Council and General Assembly resolutions.

27.02.2024 - 02:20 [ International Court of Justice ]

Public sitting held on Friday 23 February 2024, at 3 p.m., at the Peace Palace

President Salam presiding,

on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

27.02.2024 - 01:39 [ Reuters ]

Arab states, Turkey ask World Court to declare Israeli occupation illegal

Arab states urged international judges on Monday to rule the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories illegal and Turkey described the occupation as „the real obstacle to peace“ on the final day of hearings in a case examining its legal status.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been hearing arguments from more than 50 states following a request by the U.N. General Assembly in 2022 to issue a non-binding opinion on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation.

24.02.2024 - 05:12 [ Consortium News ]

US Defends Israeli Occupation at World Court

Among nations participating in the ICJ proceedings on Israel’s occupation, only the U.S. and Fiji are urging the court not to issue an opinion that declares the nearly six-decade occupation of Palestinian territory illegal.

22.02.2024 - 19:25 [ International Court of Justice ]

Public sitting held on Thursday 22 February 2024, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace

President Salam presiding,

on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

22.02.2024 - 19:15 [ International Court of Justice ]

Public sitting held on Wesdnesday 21 February 2024, at 3 p.m., at the Peace Palace,

President Salam presiding,
on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

22.02.2024 - 19:07 [ International Court of Justice ]

Public sitting held on Tuesday 20 February 2024, at 3 p.m., at the Peace Palace

President Salam presiding,
on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
(Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

22.02.2024 - 19:02 [ Suedostschweiz.ch ]

Vor UN-Gericht: Palästinenser fordern Gerechtigkeit

(19.02.2024)

Zum Auftakt der Anhörung zur Rechtmässigkeit von fast 60 Jahren israelischer Besatzung der palästinensischen Gebiete beim Internationalen Gerichtshof hat der Aussenminister der Autonomiebehörde Gerechtigkeit für sein Volk gefordert.

22.02.2024 - 07:20 [ International Court of Justice ]

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem – Public hearings

Monday 19 February 2024 – Monday 26 February 2024

21.02.2024 - 14:58 [ WHEC.com ]

UN top court shouldn’t urge Israel to immediately withdraw from Palestinian-claimed lands, US says

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United States said Wednesday the United Nations’ top court should not issue an advisory opinion that says Israel should “immediately and unconditionally withdraw” from territories sought for a Palestinian state.

Acting State Department legal adviser Richard Visek said the 15-judge panel at the International Court of Justice should not seek to resolve the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict “through an advisory opinion addressed to questions focusing on the acts of only one party.”

21.02.2024 - 14:44 [ Washington Post ]

ICJ hearings on Israel’s occupation: What to know

The International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, is holding the third day of hearings Wednesday on the legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices “in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” Dozens of countries are expected to present oral arguments during the hearings, which span six days and deal with questions of Israeli control over the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. While the proceedings are not directly about the war in Gaza, they could intensify pressure on Israel over its military campaign there.

20.02.2024 - 16:37 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel treats Palestinians as ‘disposable objects’: Saudi Arabia tells ICJ

– The Kingdom expresses its profound revulsion for the killing of civilians in Gaza and Israel’s protracted impunity
– Israel’s argument that it has a right to self-defence distorts reality. Depriving the Palestinian population of all means of survival is not justified under any circumstances

20.02.2024 - 16:32 [ Al Jazeera ]

Live: ICJ hearings on Israel’s occupation of Palestine continue, day 2

More than 50 states and at least three international organisations will address judges at the United Nations’ top court until February 26. A nonbinding legal opinion is expected after months of deliberation by the judges.