{"id":7996,"date":"2023-05-01T20:41:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T19:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=7996"},"modified":"2023-11-10T20:46:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T19:46:18","slug":"un-seeks-to-brand-israel-as-occupier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2023\/05\/01\/un-seeks-to-brand-israel-as-occupier\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Seeks to Brand Israel as Occupier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2020\/11\/01\/erdogans-move-toward-an-islamic-caliphate\/eye-on-the-middle-east-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7281\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7281\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The United Nations General Assembly recently asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to provide a legal opinion about Israel\u2019s \u201coccupation\u201d of the so-called Palestinian territories.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>UN Seeks to Brand Israel as Occupier<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/israelmyglory.org\/article\/un-seeks-to-brand-israel-as-occupier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel My Glory<\/a> | May 1, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations General Assembly recently asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to provide a legal opinion about Israel\u2019s \u201coccupation\u201d of the so-called Palestinian territories. The Hague-based ICJ, also known as the World Court, is the highest UN court that deals with disputes between states. Although its legal opinions are not formally binding, they are influential and, in this case, could be used to shape international policies that are hostile toward Israel.<\/p>\n<p>UN General Assembly Resolution 77\/247\u2014Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem\u2014asked the ICJ for an \u201cadvisory opinion\u201d on the \u201clegal consequences\u201d arising from Israel\u2019s \u201cprolonged occupation, settlement and annexation . . . including measures aimed at altering the demographic composition, character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem, and from its adoption of related discriminatory legislation and measures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/israelmyglory.org\/article\/un-seeks-to-brand-israel-as-occupier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations General Assembly recently asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to provide a legal opinion about Israel\u2019s \u201coccupation\u201d of the so-called Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,233],"tags":[234,65,6],"class_list":["post-7996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-middle-east","tag-friends-of-israel","tag-israel","tag-united-nations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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