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What will happen after the ICJ delegitimises Israel’s occupation of Palestine?
The world court is likely to rule that every Israeli action in Palestine since 1967 has been illegal – the strongest UN indictment yet. But don’t expect change under Israel’s new extreme-right government, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Palestinians in East Jerusalem stand watch at a weekly protest against forced expulsion from their homes by Israeli settlers

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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