The ruling of the International Court of Justice against the Zionist regime; dimensions and consequences; dimensions and consequences.
The International Court of Justice, which is the judicial pillar of the United Nations, once again issued a verdict, calling the Zionist regime an occupying regime and demanding an immediate end to settlement construction in the occupied lands. In this article, while briefly referring to this court ruling, its consequences are examined.
The dimensions of the court ruling against the Zionist regime
On Friday (July 29), the International Court of Justice declared the occupation of Palestine illegal by the Zionist regime and added that this court does not recognize any structural changes that the Zionist regime has made in Palestine since 1967, including East Jerusalem. And all countries should cooperate with the United Nations to help the Palestinian nation to determine its own destiny. This judicial institution declared that the presence of the Zionist regime in Palestine is illegal and the members of the United Nations should not recognize this illegal presence. Countries should cooperate with the UN General Assembly and the Security Council to end the illegal presence of the Zionist regime in the occupied territories. The International Court of Justice called on the Zionist regime to end its occupation and illegal presence in Palestine, as well as the activities of settlement construction and evacuation of existing settlements, and to pay compensation to all affected Palestinians.
Advisory vote analysis
The decision issued by the International Court of Justice has several dimensions. One dimension is related to condemning the Zionists. Based on this, it was stated that the Zionist regime’s occupation of Palestine is illegal and must end. One dimension is related to compensation for the consequences of the Zionist occupation. In this regard, on the one hand, it was announced that the context of occupied Palestine should be returned to 1967 and the built settlements should be evacuated, and on the other hand, it was emphasized that the Zionist regime should pay compensation to all the affected Palestinians. The third dimension is related to the implementation of this decision. The International Court of Justice has placed the responsibility of implementing this decision on the UN General Assembly, the UN Security Council, and all countries. The ruling states that the UN General Assembly and the Security Council are responsible for ending the illegal presence of the Zionist regime in the occupied territories, and all countries must help the General Assembly and the Security Council to fulfill this responsibility. The fourth aspect of this ruling is that the Palestinian people have the right to self-determination and all countries should help the Palestinian people to determine their destiny.
reactions
The advisory verdict of the International Court of Justice against the Zionist regime was met with widespread reactions. Most countries, including several European countries, welcomed this ruling. Most of the countries in the West Asian region also welcomed this ruling. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia announced by publishing a statement that it welcomes the advisory verdict of the International Court of Justice and emphasizes the illegality of Tel Aviv’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories since 57 years ago. “Farhan Haq”, the spokesman of “Antonio Guterres”, the Secretary General of the United Nations, announced that Guterres will refer this Hague ruling to the United Nations General Assembly to decide on the actions of the Zionist regime in occupied Palestine. Guterres emphasized that the Zionist regime and Palestine should return to the political process in line with international laws and UN resolutions to end the occupation and resolve the conflict. Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of the Zionist regime, responded to this advisory opinion and claimed: “The Jewish people are not occupiers in their own land. “No wrong decision in The Hague can distort this historical truth.” Netanyahu’s critics and opponents in the occupied territories also criticized this ruling, which shows that the Zionists are united on the issue of occupation and that there is no difference between Netanyahu and others in this field. Palestinians hailed the International Court of Justice ruling as a milestone in their decades-long struggle for justice.
Consequences
The decision of the International Court of Justice, which angered the Zionists, has important consequences, especially politically. Some of these consequences are:
Occupation does not create any territorial rights
One of the most important consequences of the decision of the International Court of Justice is that it emphasizes that force and occupation do not violate the important principle of international law, i.e. the right to self-determination. Therefore, the Zionists cannot claim sovereignty over the Palestinian lands by building settlements, and these lands always belong to the Palestinians and are subject to occupation according to international law. Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court of Justice, also said about this advisory decision: It is not possible to continue depriving the Palestinians of the right to self-determination. Israel must end the occupation as soon as possible and return every building it has taken from the Palestinians and demolish a part of the barrier wall inside the Palestinian territories. Israel must stop all new settlement activity.
The decision of the court has political validity and shows the intensification of the global isolation of the Zionists.
The International Court of Justice is the judicial pillar of the United Nations and is one of the main pillars of this organization. The advisory opinion of the judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), known as the World Court, is not binding, but it is important under international law. This vote, which was welcomed and respected by dozens of countries, means weakening the global status of the Zionist regime and can even weaken the West’s support for the Zionist regime. This decision was issued in a situation where the case of the Zionist authorities on the charge of genocide in Gaza is also being discussed in the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. Therefore, the Zionist regime, which committed genocide in Gaza with widespread global disgust, even in the United States and other countries.