ICJ severs Penny Wong’s line of retreat on Palestine
It’s easy to see why the advisory opinion of the United Nations International Court of Justice (the World Court) might give Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, a few matters for consideration.
Some of the Court’s findings include that Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful, that all states are under an obligation not to recognise as legal the situation arising from the unlawful presence of Israel and that states are under an obligation 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.
However, she should be relieved that the Court seems to have anticipated that and has provided guidance in Part VII.B of its Opinion (“Legal consequences for other States”), including requiring other states:
…to abstain from entering into economic or trade dealings with Israel concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory or parts thereof which may entrench its unlawful presence in the territory; to abstain, in the establishment and maintenance of diplomatic missions in Israel, from any recognition of its illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory; and to take steps to prevent trade or investment relations that assist in the maintenance of the illegal situation created by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Apart from the question of Australian support for Israel in terms of military, “defence” or technology contracts or other commercial arrangements that fund Israel or otherwise assist it in performing its illegal........
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