Court: fence violates int'l law, must be dismantled (Haaretz)

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Last Update: 09/07/2004 04:03

Court: fence violates int'l law, must be dismantled

By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent



The International Court of Justice will rule on Friday that the separation fence contravenes international law, that it must be dismantled, and that compensation must be paid to the Palestinian owners of property confiscated for its construction, according to documents obtained by Haaretz.




The decision will be officially made public at 4 P.M. Friday under the heading, "Legal implications of the construction of the barrier in Palestinian occupied territory."

The court has ruled that on the basis of the material available to it, " is not convinced that the specific course Israel has chosen for the wall was necessary to attain its security objectives." Fourteen votes favored the decision and the sole opponent was the American Judge, Thomas Buerghenthal.

It then says: "The wall, along the route chosen, and its associated regime, gravely infringe a number of rights of Palestinians residing in the territory occupied by Israel, and the infringements resulting from that route cannot be justified by military exigencies or by the requirements of national security or public order."


http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/449395.html

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. I'm kind of on the fence about this

barooom *ding*

Seriously, though, perhaps the solution is to wall in Israel entirely and let them think they've imprisoned the entire world.

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[Mechatanketra]

2. Why does America GET a judge on this court?

We won't acknowledge its authority, but we get to take a hand in said authority? (sigh) This world needs an enema.

Does it even need to be said that (a) Israel will blow their nose on this ruling and hand it back, and (b) the international community will take it back and try to gracefully ignore the snotty mess?

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. You're thinking of a different court

This is the International Court of Justice, which is part of the UN, and decides cases that involve countries. The USA does support this court (although it may occasionally ignore the judgements).

The newer court is the International Criminal Court, which tries individuals accused of war crimes and so on. This is the one that the US does not recnognise.

Yes, Israel has already told the ICJ to take a running jump. But its own High Court has also said the barrier is illegal, so bits of it may get rerouted. Probably not much, though.

[quaoar]

3. Israel could care less

The United States will shield Israel from any sanctions for its outrageous behavior, just as it always has.

[Chicago Democrat]

4. This Ruling is Very Fair...The US needs to get behind it.

my opinion