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Britain Palestine Project: Recognition is the Beginning
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October 4, 2023

How Israel has misused its position as an occupying power

Annexation, Current PositionsOctober 4, 2023

John McHugo, Balfour Project Trustee, international law expert and Middle East historian writes: The International Court of Justice is the judicial organ of the United Nations. In December 2022 it was requested by the UN General Assembly to clarify “the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory…

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