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The International Court and the Wall: An Alternative Road Map
By Elie Hourani, Electronic Intifada 10/30/2004
Israel’s construction of the separation wall in the occupied Palestinian territories and its associated regime are contrary to international law. In a non-binding advisory opinion delivered on 9 July 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, said Israel must cease construction of the wall and dismantle sections located in the occupied territories forthwith; repeal or render ineffective all related legislative and regulatory acts; compensate for damage caused; and, return Palestinian property or provide compensation if restitution is not possible.Turning to the obligations of other states, the ICJ recommended that they should neither recognize the wall nor provide aid or assistance to maintain the circumstances created by its construction; prevent any impediment, created by the wall’s construction, to the exercise of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination; and, ensure Israel’s compliance with international humanitarian law. It called on the UN to consider what further action was needed to end the illegal situation caused by the wall’s construction. An Alternative to Oslo: The ICJ advisory opinion, one of the most important legal opinions on the question of Palestine and international peace and security in the region since the United Nations assumed responsibility for the future of the country in 1947, presents a clear alternative to the status quo – i.e., the Oslo process, the international Road Map, the Sharon disengagement plan, and, the April 2004 US letter of assurance to Israel. International law provides the foundation for this alternative. more..
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ICJ Ruling Vindicates International Law, Not International Community
By Ramzy Baroud, Palestine Chronicle 7/25/2004
"Despite its political blurriness, Europe still holds a great political weigh in favor of a just solution to the Middle East conflict, than most, if not all Arab and Muslim countries .." -- The wait is over. The International Court of Justice at The Hague has finally ruled on Israel’s Separation Wall, kicking the ball out of its court, and into that of all major players in the Arab-Israeli conflict. But the question remains: Will the historic decision of July 9, 2004 become another memento of United Nations incompetence, US and Israeli arrogance and Arab political worthlessness? “The construction of the wall and its associated regimes are contrary to international law,” read the document of the ruling, leaving little room for intentional misinterpretation. The ruling was convincing, not only because of the clarity and meticulousness of the language used, but also because there was a near consensus on all the provisions it entailed. Only the American judge Thomas Buerghenthal opposed the ruling, in an obvious, albeit disheartening loyalty to political considerations than to the legal substance of the matter. The ICJ ruling went even further than expected: “All states are under obligations not to recognize the illegal situation resulting from the construction of the wall.” The court has successfully contextualized the wall within the framework of the overall conflict, in which the wall is only one disturbing product. Thus it reminded Israel that it’s “bound to comply with its obligations to respect the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and its obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law.” more..
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There are Judges in The Hague
By Uri Avnery, Palestine Chronicle 7/11/2004
"It is easy to imagine the officers and settlers bent over the map and planning the path – as though through an empty space, with nothing there.." -- One of the Israeli newspapers, Haaretz, put the two events on the front page: the 100th anniversary of the death of Theodor Herzl, the founder of the modern Zionist movement, and the judgement of the International Court of Justice, which declared the Israeli Separation Wall illegal. This coincidence may seem fortuitous. What connection could there possibly be between a historical anniversary and the latest topical event? But there is a connection. It is expressed in one sentence written by Herzl in Der Judenstaat, the book that became the cornerstone of Zionism. This is what it said: “There (in Palestine) we shall be a sector of the wall of Europe against Asia, we shall serve as the outpost of civilization against barbarism.” This sentence could easily be written today. American thinkers propound the “clash of civilizations”, with Western “Judeo-Christian” culture battling “Islamic barbarism”. American leaders declare that Israel is the outpost of Western civilization in the fight against Arab-Muslim “international terrorism”. The Sharon government is building a wall for the purpose, or so it says, of protecting Israel against Palestinian-Arab terrorism. It declares at every opportunity that the fight against “Palestinian terrorism” is a part of the struggle against “international terrorism”. The Americans support the Israeli wall with all their heart and their wallet. more..
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White House brushes aside ruling on separation fence
Ha'aretz 7/9/2004
The White House on Friday brushed aside a ruling by the International Court of Justice on the West Bank separation fence, saying it didn't think it was the right forum for addressing the issue. "We do not believe that that's the appropriate forum to resolve what is a political issue. This is an issue that should be resolved through the process that has been put in place, specifically the road map," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said aboard Air Force One as President George W. Bush was en route to a campaign tour in Pennsylvania. "We do not believe that that's the appropriate forum to resolve what is a political issue. This is an issue that should be resolved through the process that has been put in place, specifically the road map," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said aboard Air Force One as President George W. Bush was en route to a campaign tour in Pennsylvania."We certainly recognize the need for Israel to defend itself and protect the people of Israel. It's also important that they allow the Palestinian people to move freely within that region," McClellan told reporters.New York senators Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer announced that they will deliver statements against the International Court's decision in front of the United Nations building in New York City. more..
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US Peace Organization to Hold Peaceful Event to Coincide with Sharon's Visit to USA
WAFA 4/8/2005
CRAWFORD, TEXAS, April 8, 2005 (WAFA)- The Crawford Peace House recently announced a two-day event to coincide with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to the United States on April 11. The event is designed to revisit and recite Israeli-U.N. security resolution breaches, Geneva Convention...
P.A to return to The Hague
International Middle East Media Center 3/31/2005
The Palestinian Authority said that it is preparing a campaign and an international case against the Separation wall in Jerusalem and the “security fences” in the Gaza Strip. The London based Arab newspaper, Al-Qudds Al-Arabi, reported that the P.A is planning to turn to the...
Palestinians want to return to The Hague
YNetNews 3/31/2005
PA reportedly plans international campaign to pressure Israel into abandoning security fence -- TEL AVIV - The Palestinian Authority has prepared an international case to gather support against Israeli building in the West Bank and Gaza Strip , and against the completion of the West Bank security fence...
World Council of Churches concerned about Israeli actions in Jerusalem
Electronic Intifada 3/31/2005
Report, WCC -- AN OPEN LETTER ON THE STATUS OF JERUSALEM - From Peter Weiderud, director, Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches is deeply concerned about actions by the Government of Israel which threaten the achievement of...
'If The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict is to be Resolved'
By Michael Jansen, MIFTAH/Jordan Times 3/18/2005
Last Sunday the Israeli Cabinet took two important decisions: it pledged to dismantle 24 of the 105 "illegal outposts" established in the West Bank since the Oslo accords were signed in 1993, and it announced that the West Bank wall would run eastwards of the...
Using the Holocaust to ward off criticism
By Amira Hass, Ha'aretz 3/16/2005
The crowd of world leaders visiting the new Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem attests to the strength of Israel's position in the West.Israel is often criticized in the home country of these leaders, but many Israelis and Jews will, as usual, attribute such criticism...
UN Meeting on Question of Palestine discusses responsibility of governments in upholding international law
ReliefWeb/United Nations General Assembly 3/9/2005
GENEVA, 9 March (UN Information Service) - The United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine this morning heard a number of panellists discuss the responsibility of governments and intergovernmental organizations in upholding international law in relation to the implementation of the Advisory Opinion of...
World must persuade Israel to tear down barrier on Palestinian land – UN meeting
ReliefWeb 3/10/2005
A United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine has called on the international community to adopt measures to persuade Israel to dismantle a separation barrier it is building on occupied Palestinian territory and to make reparations for all damages caused by its construction...
PM Qurei Threatens to Resort to UN to Stop Settlement Activities
International Press Center 3/9/2005
GAZA, March 9, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - The Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei threatened on Tuesday to go to the United Nations to stop the Israeli settlement activities and construction of the Apartheid Wall. A statement issued by the Prime Minister's office said that Qurei asserted during...
State: Hague fence ruling based on erroneous data
Ha'aretz 2/24/2005
The ruling last year by the International Court of Justice on the separation fence between Israel and the Palestinians was based on erroneous and outdated information, the State Prosecution said Wednesday, in the first official reaction to the Hague court's ruling in July. The state's...
Israel is failing the moral test
Ha'aretz 2/14/2005
According to Israeli authorities, one reason for my arrest two weeks ago in Biddu and my denial of entry into Israel in 2003 is that I "organized and participated in illegal demonstrations." Israeli authorities frequently use the term "illegal demonstrations" to describe peaceful protests against...
State to tell High Court: Hague ruling on fence is irrelevant
Ha'aretz 2/7/2005
The state prosecution plans to inform the High Court of Justice next week that the opinion of the International Court of Justice at the Hague on the separation fence is irrelevant. The prosecution will say it is based on partial, outdated information and should therefore...
The United Nations’ New Failure: Compensations Instead of Rights?!
StopTheWall.org 1/14/2005
PressRelease, Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan declared on January 11, 2005 that the United Nations intends to establish a register for damage caused by the Apartheid Wall being built by the Israeli Occupation Forces in the West Bank. The UN General Assembly had...
Alqidwa Says UN Registry Based on ICJ's Advisory Opinion
International Press Center 1/15/2005
ALBEIRAH, Palestine, January 15, 2005 (IPC+WAFA)--Palestine Permanent Representative at the United Nations, Nasser Alqidwa, asserted on Thursday that the UN registry, regarding the damage inflicted by the Israeli Apartheid Wall in the West Bank has been intended at registering all the losses the...
Compensations After Dismantling Separation Wall: Experts
Islam Online 1/13/2005
GAZA CITY, January 13 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Palestinian law experts poured cold water on a UN decision to register Palestinians' complaints on damages caused by the Israeli separation wall, pressing, instead, for the implementation of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on tearing down...
UN registry of damage to Palestinians from Israeli barrier moves step closer
Electronic Intifada/UN News 1/12/2005
The establishment of a United Nations register of the damage Israel's construction of a separation barrier is causing Palestinians in the occupied West Bank moved a step closer today when Secretary-General Kofi Annan forwarded a letter to the General Assembly setting out a framework and...
State readies opinion on Hague ruling
Ha'aretz 1/5/2005
The Justice Ministry is finalizing revisions on the state's legal position regarding the International Court of Justice's opinion on the separation fence and is expected to submit the document to the High Court of Justice in the next few days. The High Court instructed the...
Mustafa Barghouti’s Program:Main Objectives
International Press Center 1/1/2005
At the National Front: Ending the Israeli occupation of all the Palestinian lands Israel occupied in 1967. / Working on removing Israel’s Apartheid Wall in West Bank in accordance with the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion of February 2004. / Keeping the Arab status of the...
Jayyous Reclaims Its Land
International Solidarity Movement 1/2/2005
The International Court of Justice recently affirmed that Israeli settlements are a violate international law. - December 31, 2004 -- Despite a large Israeli military presence, the people of Jayyous and Israeli and international activists today planted olive seedlings on Jayyous' bulldozed land. 75% of Jayyous land...
The International Court and the Wall: An Alternative Road Map
By Elie Hourani, Electronic Intifada 10/30/2004
Israel’s construction of the separation wall in the occupied Palestinian territories and its associated regime are contrary to international law. In a non-binding advisory opinion delivered on 9 July 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, said...
Boycott call strikes a responsive chord
Al-Jazeera 9/16/2004
Whether it is the UN General Assembly or the Non-Aligned Movement, resolutions condemning Israel are one thing, implementation is quite another. None the less, many believe international boycott is an idea whose time has come. In July the International Court of Justice, in a landmark...
12 Palestinians Including Two Internationals Wounded In anti-WallRally In Hebron
International Press Center 9/14/2004
HEBRON, Sep 14,2004 (IPC+WAFA)— The Israeli Occupation Forces has stepped up the annexation of vast swaths of Palestinian farmlands in various parts of the West Bank, making mockery ofruling by the International Court of Justice at Hague, as the Construction acts in the southern...
Cabinet discusses ministerial dispute over ICJ ruling
Ha'aretz 8/31/2004
The dispute between the Foreign and Justice ministries regarding the report on the International Court of Justice's ruling on the separation fence was debated in the cabinet yesterday. Responding to a question from Minister Uzi Landau on the legal and political ramifications of the ICJ's...
Legal team recommends applying Fourth Geneva Convention
Ha'aretz 8/24/2004
The government should "thoroughly examine" the possibility of formally applying the Fourth Geneva Convention - which governs the treatment of civilians in occupied territory - to the territories, a Justice Ministry legal team has recommended, though it said that the international treaty must be applied in a...
Ministry defends report on ICJ ruling
Ha'aretz 8/23/2004
Justice Ministry sources yesterday countered harsh criticism leveled by the Foreign Ministry's legal adviser at a report on the impact of the International Court of Justice's July ruling against the separation fence. The report was commissioned by Attorney General Menachem Mazuz from a team of...
Internal pressure grows over route of Israeli barrier
Daily Star 8/20/2004
ICJ ruling could lead to sanctions -- A Supreme Court order and a rare admonition from the attorney general raised the heat on Israel to reassess its West Bank separation wall Friday, as a senior government official said the country would have to explain why it...
AG: ICJ fence ruling may lead to sanctions against Israel
Ha'aretz 8/20/2004
Attorney General Menachem Mazuz on Thursday warned that the decision on the separation fence by the International Court of Justice in The Hague could lead to anti-Israel actions in international forums that could include sanctions. The warning accompanied a report delivered Thursday by Mazuz to...
Changes to the Barrier - Israeli and International Court Rulings Issued
B'tselem 7/15/2004
On 30 June 2004, the Israeli High Court of Justice voided part of the route of the separation barrier northwest of Jerusalem, between Maccabim and the Givat Ze'ev settlement. In its precedent-setting decision, the justices held that the planned route failed to properly balance security...
ICJ Ruling Vindicates International Law, Not International Community
By Ramzy Baroud, Palestine Chronicle 7/25/2004
Despite its political blurriness, Europe still holds a great political weigh in favor of a just solution to the Middle East conflict, than most, if not all Arab and Muslim countries .." -- The wait is over. The International Court of Justice at The Hague has finally...
Just Say No to Vetoes
By Gregory Khalil, New York Times 7/19/2004
Today the United Nations General Assembly is likely to vote to demand that Israel comply with the ruling of the International Court of Justice and dismantle its wall under construction in the West Bank. The court's opinion marks a milestone in the Palestinian struggle. Yet...
Peacefully Confronting the Wall in Budrus
By Iltezam Morrar, Electronic Intifada 7/16/2004
The International Court of Justice's (ICJ) decision against Israel's Apartheid Wall is an important step forward. It will not matter on the ground because Israel ignores many international decisions, but it will increase people's trust in the justice of our struggle and their support for...
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 08 - 14 July 2004
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 7/15/2004
13 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including a child and a woman, were killed by Israeli troops / One of the victims was killed in an extra-judicial assassination / Continued Israeli offensive on Beit Hanoun / Israeli forces conducted a series of incursions into Palestinian areas in the West Bank...
General Assembly debates implementing ICJ ruling
Ha'aretz 7/16/2004
The United Nations General Assembly held an emergency session Friday to discuss a draft resolution demanding that Israel comply with last week's International Court of Justice non-binding ruling that the West Bank separation fence is illegal and must be dismantled....Palestinian envoy to the UN...
There are Judges in The Hague
By Uri Avnery, Palestine Chronicle 7/11/2004
It is easy to imagine the officers and settlers bent over the map and planning the path – as though through an empty space, with nothing there.." -- One of the Israeli newspapers, Haaretz, put the two events on the front page: the 100th anniversary of the...
Palestinians Welcome ICJ'S Ruling, Seek UN Action
Islam Online 7/11/2004
NABLUS, July 11 (IslamOnline.net) - Palestinian citizens and resistance factions welcomed the "historic" ruling by the International Court of Justice on the illegality of Israel's separation wall, but underlined the need for a UN measure to force Israel to comply with international law and translate the...
UN to hold session on separation fence on Friday
Ha'aretz 7/14/2004
United Nations spokesmen in New York indicated on Tuesday that the UN will hold an emergency session on Friday to discuss last week's International Court of Justice advisory opinion questioning the legality of the West Bank separation fence. Delegates from dozens of countries are expected...
UN General Assembly to Meet Friday on ICJ Ruling
Palestine Media Center 7/13/2004
Arab nations finalized on Monday a draft UN resolution that the General Assembly of the United Nations will debate in an emergency session on Friday, as the Palestinian UN representative Nasser Al-Kidwa warned the United States not to veto a Security Council resolution on the...
NY Senators Clinton and Schumer denounce ICJ ruling
Ha'aretz 7/9/2004
NEW YORK - New York's two senators, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer, joined Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Gillerman, in front of UN headquarters on Friday to denounce the ruling made earlier in the day by the International Court of Justice regarding the...
Christian Zionists and the ICJ Ruling on the Israeli Wall
By Sherri Muzher, Palestine Chronicle 7/6/2004
Many Christian Zionist leaders are exploiting the general lack of knowledge about the conflict, either for political gain or for religions reasons—or both.."-- One of the most disappointing aspects of the MidEast conflict has been the influence of Christian Zionists on U.S. foreign policy...
White House brushes aside ruling on separation fence
Ha'aretz 7/9/2004
The White House on Friday brushed aside a ruling by the International Court of Justice on the West Bank separation fence, saying it didn't think it was the right forum for addressing the issue. "We do not believe that that's the appropriate forum to resolve...
Israel's 'security wall': the findings
The Guardian 7/9/2004
According to Reuters, the leaked report from the international court of justice has condemned Israel's barrier. These are its main findings: · The Court, from the material available to it, is not convinced that the specific course Israel has chosen for the wall was necessary to...
Israel: ICJ fence ruling fails to address Palestinian terror
Ha'aretz 7/9/2004
In a response to the ruling of the International Court of Justice on the West Bank separation fence, Israel said Friday that the court had failed to address the issue of "Palestinian terror" in determining that the barrier is illegal....Justice Minister Yosef Lapid said...
ICJ: West Bank fence is illegal, Israel must tear it down; urges UN Security Council to consider action to stop fence
Ha'aretz 7/9/2004
The International Court of Justice ruled Friday in The Hague that the separation fence being built by Israel in the West Bank was in breach of international law, and called on Israel to tear it down and compensate Palestinians harmed by its construction. "Israel is...
Hitting the wall
By Ewen MacAskill, The Guardian 7/9/2004
Despite the international court of justice's ruling, the West Bank barrier is likely to remain standing -- The barrier that Israel is building along the length of its border with the Palestinian West Bank and ruled illegal by the international court of justice today had a...
International court rules against Israel's wall
The Guardian 7/9/2004
Palestinian leaders today said they would seek UN sanctions against Israel after the international court of justice ruled that the barrier being built around the West Bank was illegal and should be pulled down. Announcing its findings, the court said the "security wall" infringed the...
International Court of Justice: 'Fence' must be dismantled, not necessary to attain security aims
Ha'aretz 7/9/2004
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...
Court to Deliver Opinion on Israel Barrier
The Guardian 7/8/2004
Associated Press: "About one-fourth has been completed, much of it close to the pre-1967 border, but some dipping into the West Bank." - sic] -- THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - After five months of deliberation, the International Court of Justice delivers its decision Friday on the legality...
Background / The West Bank barrier on trial: A pocket guide
Ha'aretz 7/8/2004
On Friday, the International Court of Justice in the Hague is to rule on one of the most closely watched and potentially incendiary questions in the annals of the world legal panel created following World War II: Is the West Bank fence a violation of...
What really influences the High Court
By Amira Hass, Ha'aretz 7/8/2004
There's no way to know what really influenced the High Court justices when they decided last week to cancel 30 kilometers of the separation fence route that cuts through Palestinian areas northwest of Jerusalem. The naked facts presented to them in the petition by Mohammed...
Israel Set to Defy ICJ Ruling, Asks for US Veto
Palestine Media Center 7/3/2004
Ahead of an advisory ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on July 9 on the legality of the Apartheid Wall Israel is building on Palestinian West Bank land, Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom asked the US administration to veto any...
Israel seeks European support against ICJ ruling
Ha'aretz 7/6/2004
Israel hopes to bury the International Court of Justice ruling on the separation fence, which is due on Friday, by persuading European countries not to support an expected anti-Israel resolution in the UN General Assembly in the wake of the verdict. The UN sent the...
Palestinian Cabinet Holds Is 28th Session in Rammallah
International Press Center 7/6/2004
RAMMALLAH, July 6, 2004 (IPC+WAFA)--The Palestinian cabinet heeded a significant a concern to the international court of justice (ICJ)’s advisory opinion on 9 July relative the legality of the Israeli apartheid wall dipping around and through the occupied Palestinian territories. The cabinet...
PM Qurei: Entire Apartheid Wall Should Be Torn down
Palestine Media Center 7/1/2004
Israeli Ministers Initiate Legislation to Override Court’s Ruling -- Ahead of an advisory ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on July 9, Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled to change 30 out of 40 km of the route of the Apartheid...
PLO's mission to United Nations optimistic on Hague fence ruling
Ha'aretz 6/30/2004
NEW YORK - The PLO's United Nations mission is quietly preparing for a concerted diplomatic effort aimed at guaranteeing a General Assembly majority on a resolution to demand that Israel comply with the International Court of Justice decision on the separation fence. Sources in New York...
Israel lobbying Egypt, Jordan not to seek UN fence resolution
Jerusalem Post 6/29/2004
Israel is urging Egypt and Jordan not to make disengagement more difficult by backing Palestinian attempts to push for a harsh UN condemnation of Israel following the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ruling on the security fence next Friday...
World court to rule on West Bank fence July 9
Ha'aretz 6/26/2004
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The top United Nations court said Friday it will issue its much-anticipated opinion on the legality of the West Bank separation fence on July 9. The opinion by the 15 International Court of Justice judges could further heat tempers in the area...
The Wall Revisited
By Karen Nakamura, Coastal Post 5/6/2004
The International Court of Justice in The Hague is deliberating a lawsuit brought by Palestine against Israel over its building of a security fence/barrier/wall in the West Bank. Israel claims the barrier is necessary to ward off suicide bombers. The Palestinians responded that...
Key UN members to oppose ICJ's handling of fence issue
Ha'aretz 1/29/2004
NEW YORK - Several key UN countries, including the United States, are planning to express their reservations about the International Court of Justice at The Hague getting involved in the issue of the separation fence, as requested by the UN General Assembly. UN sources said yesterday...
Israeli Groups Urge ICJ To Rule Against Separation Wall
Islam Online 1/28/2004
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, January 28 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Several Israeli rights watchdogs and left-wing groups on Wednesday, January 28, urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule against Israel's separation wall. The ten Israeli groups sent a letter to the Israeli government and to the...
The Washington dilemma
By Nathan Guttman, Ha'aretz 1/26/2004
WASHINGTON - In the coming days the United States is expected to decide what to do about the suit against the Israeli separation fence at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The approaching deliberations are putting Washington in a delicate situation - the United States...
Conniving Uni-Power
Editorial, Miftah 1/24/2004
According to Israeli sources, the United States, in spite of their “public” condemnation of the continued construction of the ‘colonization wall,’ is lobbying against the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decision to look into the legality of the “Apartheid Wall” scheduled to start on the...
Israel Confused Over ICJ Hearing as Their Appeals for Delay Rejected
International Press Center 1/26/2004
GAZA, January 26, 2004 (IPC + Arab48) - - The Israeli Foreign Ministry's legal advisor and head of the Israeli legal team concerned with tracking the issue of the Apartheid Wall in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Alan Baker, said that the court has rejected all the...
EU discusses joint submission to The Hague on fence
Ha'aretz 1/26/2004
BRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers Monday discussed a possible joint submission to the International Court of Justice on the West Bank separation fence. "The possibility of an agreed EU communication to the court remains under consideration," Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen, speaking for Ireland's EU...
Israeli-American Cooperation to Remove Apartheid Wall from ICJ Agenda
International Press Center 1/24/2004
GAZA, January 24, 2004 (IPC + Al Quds Al Arabi)-- The American administration and the Israeli government have been reportedly coordinatinga response to the hearings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in which they intend to remove, or at least undermine the issue of the...
On fence case at The Hague, U.S. likely will not back Israel
Virtual Jerusalem 1/23/2004
The Bush administration does not like the International Court of Justice at The Hague, but it likes the route of Israel’s West Bank security barrier even less. That’s why the administration plans to stay out of a case at The Hague over the security fence...
Annan says UN won't take part in Hague court proceedings
Virtual Jerusalem 1/23/2004
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom met Friday morning with United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan. At the meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Shalom raised Israel's objections to the International Court of Justice taking up the security fence issue....The secretary general said that the UN would not...
Ruling: 56 Islamic states can testify on fence
Jerusalem Post 1/23/2004
Fifty-six countries, including Afghanistan and Cameroon, can testify against Israel's security fence through the Organization of the Islamic Conference when the case comes before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on February 23, the court ruled on Thursday. This decision, which follows...
Hague lawyer: ICJ not biased against Israel
Jerusalem Post 1/22/2004
Veteran lawyer at The Hague, Philippe Sands, said Thursday that he does not believe that the International Court of Justice is biased against Israel and that the court will issue a ruling that does not disregard political considerations surrounding the West Bank security fence. "There...
Sharon to make case for West Bank barrier
Middle East Online 1/23/2004
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who faces a bribery scandal at home, will most likely visit Washington next month ahead of an International Court of Justice hearing on the legality of his government's controversial West Bank separation barrier, an Israeli official said Friday. The official...
Jordan disregards Sharon's warning regarding its involvment against the Wall
International Middle East Media Center 1/20/2004
Israeli PM Ariel Sharon reprimanded Jordan for its active involvement in the upcoming hearing of the International Court of Justice in The Hague to discuss the legality of the Separation Wall in the West Bank.He told the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in the Knesset...
Israel Tackles the World Court
Editorial, Miftah 1/20/2004
As the International Court of Justice in The Hague prepares to hear arguments regarding the legality of Israel’s Separation Wall, it is difficult to discern just how annoyed and concerned Israel is about having to defend its indefensible fence. While Israel has miraculously refrained from...
Sharon orders changes in security fence
World Tribune 1/21/2004
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ordered changes in the route of the security fence and barrier along and through the West Bank. Israeli officials said Sharon plans to appoint a panel to review the route of the fence and recommend changes that would...
Separation wall causes security fears in Amman
Daily Star 1/9/2004
AMMAN: Worried Israel’s construction of a controversial separation barrier in the West Bank will endanger its national security, Jordan said Thursday it will seek the dismantling of the wall when it takes its argument before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) later this month. Foreign...
Jordan will tell ICJ Israeli security barrier must come down: Moasher
ReliefWeb 1/8/2004
AMMAN, Jan 8 (AFP) - Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Moasher said Thursday that Amman will submit to the world court legal arguments against the security barrier Israel is building across the West Bank, at the end of the month. "We will submit the International Court of...
Lapid: Fence could lead to SA-style boycott of Israel
Ha'aretz 1/4/2004
The debate on the issue of the construction of the separation fence at the International Court of Justice in The Hague is the first step toward turning Israel into the South Africa of today, and there is a danger that we will be exposed to...
Israel to reject the Hague court's authority on fence
Ha'aretz 1/5/2004
Israel will inform the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague that it rejects its authority to deliberate on the building of the separation fence, senior political sources in Jerusalem said yesterday. Nevertheless, the sources said, Israel's statement to the ICJ will also present...
Mossa Urges to Compile Documented Proof Ahead of ICJ Hearing over the Apartheid Wall
International Press Center 12/29/2003
GAZA, Palestine, December 29, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)-- The Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Amre Mossa, urged the member states to set forth documented proof to clear the image over the adverse impacts of the Apartheid Wall, built by Israel around and through...
Israel Hastens Building of Apartheid Wall to Create De Facto Facts Ahead of ICJ Hearing
International Press Center 12/25/2003
GAZA, Palestine, December 25, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)-- The Israeli government started racing against time by greatly accelerating the construction of the Apartheid wall (also widely known as the separation barrier), ahead of the hearing session of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality...
Israel Defiant About Barrier
Palestine Monitor/Los Angeles Times 12/10/2003
The government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reacted defiantly Tuesday to a U.N. General Assembly vote asking the International Court of Justice to rule on the legality of a barrier that Israel is building around the West Bank. Meanwhile, domestic criticism of the fence mounted...
It’s not too late
Editorial, Palestine Monitor 12/11/2003
As the International Court of Justice received a UN request to issue an opinion on Israel’s apartheid wall, Palestinian and Israeli citizen’s fight together on the ground to stop the wall before it is built.In voting to ask the ICJ to issue an advisory opinion...
Australia shifts to more pro-Israel line
Ha'aretz 12/11/2003
Israel won a small diplomatic triumph on Tuesday, when Australia was one of the countries that voted against a United Nations resolution asking the International Court of Justice in The Hague to issue an opinion on the legality of the separation fence. In most UN...
Israel freezes barrier extension project
Sydney Morning Herald 12/11/2003
Israel has frozen plans to extend its controversial West Bank separation barrier to the Jordan Valley following a United Nations vote. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had announced on October 24 that such an extension project was being considered and was to be submitted to...
Hague expected to move quickly on fence
Ha'aretz 12/10/2003
LONDON - The International Court of Justice in The Hague is expected to move speedily to prepare an opinion on the legality of the separation fence between Israel and the West Bank, since it generally gives high priority to requests for opinions from the United Nations...
Int'l Court receives UN request to issue opinion on fence
Ha'aretz 12/10/2003
The International Court of Justice has received a request from the UN General Assembly to consider the legal implications of the wall Israel is building along the border with and inside the West Bank, the court said Wednesday. A letter from Secretary-General Kofi Annan asks...
Israel Attacks U.N. Over West Bank Barrier Vote
Reuters 12/9/2003
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accused the United Nations of hypocrisy Tuesday after the U.N. General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice to rule on the legality of a barrier Israel is building in the West Bank. But Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie hailed the U.N...
General Assembly adopts text requesting International Court of Justice to issue advisory opinion on West Bank separation wall
United Nations 12/8/2003
The tenth emergency special session of the 191-member United Nations General Assembly this morning adopted a resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's construction of a separation barrier in the West Bank...
Doubts over W Bank barrier route
BBC 12/9/2003
Israel's justice minister says he will seek to redraw the route of the controversial West Bank barrier. Yosef Lapid's call came as the UN General Assembly approved a resolution asking the International Court of Justice to consider its legality. Israel is building the barrier on...
UN Takes Israel’s Apartheid Wall to Int’l Court of Justice
Palestine Media Center 12/9/2003
US Objects, EU Abstains, Assembly to Remain Seized of the Matter -- The tenth emergency special session of the 191-member United Nations General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on the legal consequences...
PCHR Welcomes GA Decision to Refer Issue of West Bank Barrier to International Court of Justice
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 12/9/2003
PCHR welcomes yesterdays decision by the United Nations General Assembly to refer the issue of the legality of Israel's so-called "Security Fence" to the International Court of Justice. The resolution, adopted by 90 votes in favour, with 74 abstentions, asks the International Court of Justice...
Issue of West Bank fence to be reviewed by International Court of Justice; Hamas vows to resume attacks
Al-Bawaba 12/9/2003
The United Nations General Assembly voted 90-8 Monday to refer the issue of the West Bank separation fence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague. Seventy-four states abstained. Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom decided prior to...
PNA Welcomes GA vote to Bring Apartheid Wall to the ICJ
International Press Center 12/9/2003
GAZA, December 9,2003, (IPC + Agencies)-- The Palestinian National Authority commended the UN General Assembly resolution as a triumph of evenhandedness and the international law and a message from the international community to Israel to halt the aggressions on the Palestinians and the construction of the...
World court to rule on Israeli wall
Al-Jazeera 12/9/2003
The UN General Assembly has backed a resolution asking the International Court of Justice whether Israel is obliged to tear down its controversial wall. The vote in New York on Monday was 90 to 8 in favour, with 74 abstentions. Opposing the resolution were the...
Court to examine Israeli barrier
BBC 12/8/2003
The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution asking the International Court of Justice to consider the legality of the Israeli barrier. Israel is building a controversial barrier inside the West Bank, which it says is needed to stop suicide bombers. The vote was 90...
UN votes 90-8 to ask Hague court for opinion on fence
Ha'aretz 12/8/2003
The United Nations General Assembly approved on Monday a Palestinian-initiated resolution asking the International Court of Justice to issue an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's construction of the separation fence. Ninety nations voted in favor of the draft, eight opposed and 74...
De Villepin: EU to Submit Apartheid Wall Issue to International Court
International Press Center 12/4/2003
GAZA, December 4, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)-- The French Foreign Minister, Dominique de Villepin, revealed yesterday that the European Union is debating the possibility to submit the issue of the controversial Apartheid Wall being built by Israel around West Bank cities, to the International Court of...
PNA to Take Apartheid Wall Issue to International Court as Israeli Plans of Transferring 100,000 Palestinians from Jerusalem Unveiled
International Press Center 12/3/2003
GAZA, December 3, 2003 (IPC + Agencies)-- The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has decided to resort to the International Court of Justice to resolve the issue of the controversial Apartheid wall, as a Palestinian organization in occupied East Jerusalem warned that the Israeli authorities were planning...
Annan: Separation Wall Is a Violation to International Law
International Middle East Media Center 11/29/2003
In a report to the UN General Assembly, UN Secretary-General Cofi Annan said Friday that the continued construction of the separation wall was "in violation of international law" and "could damage the longer-term prospects for peace", demanding for Israel to halt the construction of the...
UN condemns West Bank 'wall'
BBC 10/22/2003
The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a resolution demanding that Israel halt construction of a huge barrier in the West Bank. The resolution also calls for existing stretches of fence to be removed. It says the barrier contravenes international law, but falls short of...
Israel defiant over 'wall'
BBC 10/22/2003
Construction of a huge barrier in the West Bank will continue despite a UN General Assembly resolution condemning the project, a senior Israeli government minister has said. Members of the UN forum overwhelmingly backed a resolution demanding that Israel halt building work and remove existing...
Arab Group and Non-aligned States Call the UN General Assembly to Condemn the Separation Wall
International Press Center 10/21/2003
NEW YORK, October 21, 2003 (IPC+ Agencies)-- The Arab and non-aligned states at the United Nation General Assembly proposed Monday a draft resolution condemning the continued Israeli building of a separation wall around West Bank cities as “illegal”. The representatives of the Arab states also...
Speakers in UN GA emergency session condemn Israel's construction of 'security barrier', expansionist policies
Electronic Intifada 10/20/2003
Following the Security Council's failure to act last week regarding the security barrier being built by Israel in the West Bank, the General Assembly met this afternoon, at the request of Arab nations, to consider a resolution declaring the barrier illegal. The League of Arab...
U.N. May Seek World Court Advice on Israel's Security Wall
An Nahar 10/21/2003
Arab and non-aligned nations gave strong support to a pair of resolutions at the U.N. General Assembly that would condemn Israel's construction of a barrier that juts deep into the West Bank and call on the world court to issue an opinion on whether it...
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