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ARAB STATES, TURKEY ASK WORLD COURT TO DECLARE ISRAELI OCCUPATION ILLEGAL

By Stephanie van den Berg
February 26, 20242:53 PM GMT-1Updated 9 months ago
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A man waves a Palestinian flag as people protest on the day of a public hearing
held by The International Court of Justice (ICJ) to allow parties to give their
views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian
territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion, in The Hague,
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THE HAGUE, Feb 26 (Reuters) - 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.
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On the sixth and last day of hearings, Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet
Yildiz told judges the occupation was the root cause of conflict in the region.
Yildiz also addressed the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel, which killed 1,200
people, and Israel's military response that has since killed more than 29,000
Palestinians.
"The unfolding situation after October 7 proves once again that, without
addressing the root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there can be no
peace in the region," he said, describing the occupation of Palestinian
territories as "the real obstacle to peace" and urging the judges to declare it
illegal.
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Israel, which is not taking part in the hearings, has said the court's
involvement could be harmful to achieving a negotiated settlement to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calling the questions posed to the court
prejudiced.
The Arab League's secretary general Ahmed Aboul Gheit described the occupation
as "an affront to international justice" in a statement read out in court by a
representative.
The vast majority of states who have addressed the hearing at ICJ - also known
as the World Court - asked judges to declare the occupation illegal.

A handful of states, including on Monday the small island state of Fiji, argued
the ICJ should refuse to give any advisory opinion.
The United States urged the court last week to limit any advisory opinion on the
occupation and not order the unconditional withdrawal of Israeli forces from the
Palestinian territories.
On Friday the Biden administration said Israel's expansion of settlements in the
occupied West Bank was inconsistent with international law, signalling a return
to long-standing U.S. policy that had been reversed by the previous
administration of Donald Trump.

The ICJ hearings closed on Monday and a date for a decision will be announced in
due course, the court said. The 15-judge panel is expected to take roughly six
months to issue their non-binding opinion on the occupation.
World powers have also pressed Palestinian factions to end their own divisions
over their response to Israel's occupation, the war in Gaza and what political
system might follow it.

On Monday Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced he had resigned
to pave the way for a political consensus on a political structure to govern
Gaza after the conflict.

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Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg; editing by Philippa Fletcher and Andrew
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