In a historic ruling by the ICJ, Israel is now officially an apartheid state according to international law. Its presence is unlawful. Its existence has no validity and must be dismantled as soon as possible.
The next step now falls on the shoulders of UN’s Security Council.Â
What exactly are the concluding opinions of the ICJ
15 elected judges of the ICJ reviewed the evidence and voted. The following are the majority agreed concluding opinions:
1. The State of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful;
2. The State of Israel is under obligation to bring an end to its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible;
3. The State of Israel is under an obligation to cease immediately all new settlement activities, and to evacuate all settlers from the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
4. The State of Israel has the obligation to make reparation for the damage caused to all the natural or legal persons concerned in the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
5. All states are under an obligation not to recognise as legal, the situation arising from the unlawful presence of The State of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by the continued presence of The State of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
6. International organisations, including the United Nations, are under an obligation not to recognise as legal, the situation arising from the unlawful presence of The State of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
7. The United Nations, and especially the General Assembly, which requested this opinion, and the Security Council, should consider the precise modalities and further action required to bring to an end as rapidly as possible the unlawful presence of The State of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
What does this mean for Israel on the global stage
The ICJ sent a clear message to Israel to get out of Palestine. And for the international community, the message is to ‘stop helping Israel continue this genocide and occupation’.
This is a blow to Israel’s validity on the international stage
Israel, for its short history, tried to establish its validity as a sovereign country in the eyes of the world.
It commands its Zionist members in powerful countries, lobbying their government, and spreading propaganda, to send aid and manufacture undying support for its existence. Â
With its strongest ally, the US, Israel has tried to conceal its crimes against humanity since 1948, the year of its founding, from the consciousness of the world. Including to ostracise its critics and supporters of a free Palestine.
For all of its funding and planning, the apartheid state of Israel failed to plan for the effectiveness of a Chinese dancing app (now a major social media app for the international community to communicate with one another).
It is official that Israel has no validity on the international stage thanks to the ruling of the ICJ, the world’s highest legal court.
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I want to see what’s going to happen next.