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ONCE more, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will offer a legal opinion on the consequences of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
A historic UN vote on December 31 called on the ICJ to look at the Israeli occupation in terms of legal consequences, the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the responsibility of all UN member states in bringing the protracted Israeli occupation to an end.
A special emphasis will be placed on the “demographic composition, character and status” of occupied Jerusalem.
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