ICJ rules Israeli settlement policies in Palestinian territories breach international law
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On Friday, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israeli settlements and use of natural resources in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are illegal.
Israel and the U.K. previously said the court could not rule on the subject
Yasmine Hassan · CBC News ·
Israeli soldiers take position during a raid in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on March 4. (Mohammed Torokman/Reuters)
The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel’s settlement policies on Palestinian territories violate international law.
The ruling from The Hague on Friday came after it announced that it could give a non-binding advisory opinion on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The ICJ, or World Court, said the occupation of Palestinian territories is a “de facto annexation.”
Israel and multiple other countries had rejected the court’s capacity to issue a ruling on the case previously.
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Yasmine Hassan is a producer filing stories on the Middle East for CBC’s parliamentary bureau in Ottawa. She has worked for the national broadcaster in Toronto, London, Montreal and New Brunswick. Her work previously appeared in VICE and Al Jazeera. If you have a story idea, send news tips in English or Arabic to yasmine.hassan@cbc.ca.
