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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Mat Nashed

Palestinians urge world to end Israel’s illegal occupation after ICJ ruling

A protester draped in a Palestinian flag holds up a sign in solidarity with Gaza outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on May 24, 2024 [Johanna Geron/Reuters]

Activists and legal experts in the West Bank say Friday’s ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which has found that Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories is unlawful, will do little to improve life for Palestinians.

Other states must now apply collective pressure on Israel to end its rule over Gaza and the West Bank, including annexed East Jerusalem, if the situation there is to change, they say.

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