International Court of Justice Declares Israel Must Turn Over Western Wall to PLA

Beege Welborn

That humanitarian paradise known as "South Africa" started this ball rolling.

And now? The anti-Semites at the Hague are happy to go along.

Israel's settlement policies in the occupied Palestinian territories amount to a violation of international law, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said on Friday.

The ruling from the top UN court is a non-binding advisory opinion that is unlikely to have much direct impact on Israeli policy, but will add to the mounting international pressure on Israel to outline a full strategy to end fighting in Gaza.

The ruling is not connected to events since October 7, when Hamas militants led incursions into Israel, taking some 250 hostages and leading to the deaths of around 1,200 people, mostly civilians.

They want the Jews wiped out of Jerusalem.

...Israel has occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem since the Six-Day War in 1967. More than 500,000 Israeli settlers have set up home across more than 100 settlements, already deemed illegal by the United Nations, on occupied land.

Some 200,000 Israelis also live in East Jerusalem neighborhoods that Palestinians hope would make up their future capital city.

The West Bank and East Jerusalem, along with Gaza, would be the foundational territories for a future Palestinian state, a plan backed by Israel's major supporters including the US and Germany.