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Spain Joins South African ICJ "Genocide" Case Against Israel

Spain said on Thursday that it will join South Africa's case at the UN's top court in which Pretoria has accused Israel of "genocide" in the Gaza Strip. "Our sole goal is to put an end to the war and to advance on the road of applying the two-state solution", Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said at a press conference. His statement came a ...

ICJ to Give View on Consequences of Israeli Occupation

The UN's top court will next week hand down its view on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967, a case in which some 52 countries made submissions. Any opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice would be non-binding, but it will come amid mounting international legal pressure on Israel ...

ICJ Says that Israel's Occupation of the West Bank is "Illegal"

The ICJ has called Israel's occupation of the West Bank "illegal", Friday, in a non-binding advisory opinion. The UN's top court on Friday said Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory was "illegal" and needed to end as soon as possible. The advisory opinion of The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) is not binding, ...

Germany Holds Off New Exports of Weapons to Israel

Germany has paused new arms exports to Israel due to legal challenges, according to a Reuters analysis of data and a source close to the Economy Ministry. Last year, Germany approved weapons exports to Israel worth 326.5 million euros ($363.5 million), a ten-fold increase from 2022, according to data from the Economy Ministry, which approves ...