the life of the city and people has been treated as an exception to the international court of law. mr. president, members of the court, you have the clear mandate and indeed the responsibility to remedy this acceptable situation. the credibility of the international legal order depends on your opinion. and the states cannot be hire indeed, as rails genocide don't more on the indeed is they're able to decide to more on the people who are showing that this is the the situation. and paul's time is the most depressing threat to international peace and security. as a consider general gutierrez synthesized recent events did not the co you in the fact you. rather the group out of is there is illegal, $57.00, a year,

occupation of the palestinian territories. israel has denied the front of the indians people's rights sold determination a task. it's likely incleanse and colonized, palestinians lines. furthermore, it has implemented and proper tied to the game. that's to say that a game of systematic, racial oppression, and discrimination established with the intent to maintain the domination of georgia. so the english 4 foot palestinians come and 10 by 13. it has killed, maimed and present thousands of tens of thousands of men, women, and children. these are the root causes of the situation with face to day. these same causes are the subject of the general assemblies, requests for the advisory opinion, 20 years after. is this topic wall opinion?

the court now has the entire questionnaire, palestine squarely before, as the general assembly does not administer towards what it's supposed to clear and, and come from and carry questions. question a cause of on the court to assess the legalities of israel's individual, the policies and practices and its occupation of the palestinian territories, which i wouldn't affair towards the o. b. t question a further calls upon the court to stay in the corresponding legal consequences of each of these policies and practices. question fi under and turn off of the core to answer a simple but to start questions and lots of numerous tests, indigo, which is in the context of the occupation, has the occupation itself become a diesel? if the answer is that the question is yes. which caught that was, which is proper submission. then the consequence is obvious. the occupation must be brought to an end. mister president, members of the court,

author isn't the vision would cover the topics. first, i wouldn't briefly explain why the court give should get the advisory opinion requested by the general assembly. second, with reference to question a, i wouldn't recall is there any is man in the good policies and the practices and to all be an extra plant that they are not isolated through the accidental but they are part of, is it? it was one of the stand things to look colonial projects and palestine. 3rd, and finally, i would set forth about those position on question be concerning the need to the status of the occupation. i turned out to my 1st topic, the property of the court rendering the advisory opinion. mister president, i did not. i need not to repeat what you have already heard from numerous participants this week. the course and of course, a plate has the jurisdiction. and there is no compelling reason for it to refuse to

refuse to give it spinning. or in particular, the course of course, the course the opinion would not underestimate or undermine the possibility of negotiate the solution to the conflict. part explain why it's and it's written comments. the sole cold piece of process is to provide the course with relevant historical context. pop out engage to most prominent historians of the is there any palestinian conflicts of life to date one plus 10 in professor especially ecology of columbia university. and what is there any preference? sorta definitely certainly, and or fox sports university prefer so from holly be and show you prefer to comprehensive reports covering i sent you your histories from 9 to 17 to 2023. you can find those reports attached to 2 of your folders. but

1st, actually ends, the report is devoted to the history and the pharmacy of the apollo stuff. is there any published and you have conflict from 1967 into today. he explains, it explains how would you, in this time, israel has consistently reflected, negotiate the solution rather than for sure, and good genuine peace. israel used to the so called piece as a diplomatic cover for its conversation or follow style. in this context, it's difficult to see what time the advisory opinion the court's advisory opinion, could possibly have, but a non existent piece of process. on the contrary, the absence of a volume piece of process only underscores necessities of the course advisory opinion and the solutions and a solution based on international law are turned off to my 2nd topic concerning the questionnaire and israel's, the good policies and the practices of the mr president, members of the court,

it is, it is the lead goal and then discriminatory policies and practices are the tools of the tools of long standing set that up on your project. how's corporate accept plan? and this is ripping statement, these are pop, these policies are designed to promote a single dollar. permanent color is ation of the o. b p for the exclusive furnace at 12, the 0 and the jewish is really settlers. and this goal is essentially link to isn't goals for pressure and discriminatory practices and the o b and is the cause of the site. those a filings there in chapter 2 are for circular statements. but they're described in detail, the 8 main categories of discriminatory policies into practices, practices, employees, and for the next, it's set to look loan you on the project. in chapter 3, officer statements public supplement that these policies and the practices and tele

franklin's violation of international law, human rights law. and trust that use a crime against humanity or crimes, genocides and it's mcclintic. it's just about the position that's in order to fully respond to question a, the culture to assess that a dollar fee of each of is or is may and policies and practices for all these lenses. for some of the sponsor question a is no. let's not clear on start to question the part should not underestimate, but the impact of find the event of a fax of law will happen. bringing is there any specific policies and practices to an act, to encouraging the comfortability and to provide victims with a sense of justice and the limited and the limited time. i have to date on a briefly called some specific points about the 8th mean categories of publishers into practices cutting out quite. is it a union to all be the 1st central features of israel shuttle us telling you the

projects is of course, supplement. best estimation. ready element of jewish, there's really sacraments into or bit to be done immediately. officer is a get off the pipe, look up by the to 90. 67 is there and establishes jewish. is there any settlements on seas listing, incent finances, and facilitates the construction of how soon got some for sections and then send the devices, jews from what all the world to stuff is there by 2023 or 470-0000 settlers or approximately 11 percent of jewish is there is, what are the thinking to or between the supplements, activities? memphis and the january 2024 report. what you have, what you're trying to find. a top 3, a few folders. is there any human rights to do a piece? no extra plan how the war because there has been supported as

a cover for the i'm president of storage supplement of 2, because the same is happening, i'm going to do is to, to set up a new from casa, is not what this is. the courage administers recently stated that quote, not only do i not rule out jewish settlements and pleasure, i believe there's also an important thing in court. on january 28th, 2024, a conference dedicated to the the supplement of funds that was health and occupied the rest of them, which was attended by 12 is really government ministers. mister president, members of the court. let me pause here to make a brief remark about this if it were similar as it relates to the advisory proceedings. the contentious proceedings, instruct you which advice south africa against israel under the genocide convention

. to not mean that there is a situation of us that should not be addressed here. but as part of the i'll be a to us occupied before october 7 and it is occupied today is there is policies in the practices referred to any question a includes. this policy is under practices and because the thoughts won't examine the situation of us through the lens of the genocide convention and the case impulse myself to africa. here the course can and indeed must apply all aspects of international law to the situation. if i say, including what did before chapter this before october 7, this, it brings me to israel, 2nd, central policy and practice and to oversee which is displacement. in order to establish the sacraments into all the d as in caesar's public, the parts and departments land. unfortunately just a place as well as the indians of the sole source, home government issues,

fictions the restrictions and by stop mission buffer or military jones. again, the situation has totally grown hoarse as of october. second, as is what established is there yet have forcibly displaced at least 75 percent of the population because a positive this policy is promoted by. is there any leaders as a solution to the palestinian democrats? it's a popular is the minister of culture are stated that the palestinians vote can go to the island for for the deserts, the masters and president. so to find the solution by themselves and quote, what all eyes may be on the situation. the worst thing is about the tribute agent that leaves 13 difference to me and this is in the west bank tax faced force displacements since october 7. that has resulted in the north south stretch of 20

kilometers east of it on my life being cleared off. nearly all posted is the 3rd this, are you the practices as a fragmentation in order to implement the demographic and physical control necessary to perpetrate the occupation and the stablish for their settlements as they're able devise and isolate for us to use the extra lift gates them to fragmented in plates, richard for the 6 their movement and vendors, their daily lives, old, but unavailable. this is watson. i'm, if you and please have a theater fair test statistic. fragmentation that it has impose a for the tall kids on foster since 2007, entirely cutting good spot relation off from the rest of the world. a sober 7 has already been described by the us 6, the general as hell on 1st. today it is,

and this come by this quite simple and there was frank, israel has for decades implemented a system of the accordion tech points subject and millions of published and used to daily integrate just human rights watch has documented call to more than 40 kilometers or for spank roads, box authorities and prohibit published in use or from traveling gone in court. since october 7 is there a have has implemented unprecedented locked down on the tire civilian 2 or 3 of the worst spring types of clothes marching, fished fast networks of checkpoints completely cut the opposite. is tom spring villages from each other before the practice that's characterizes as the occupation is. it's discriminatory and on law for the violence is there any forces and juice is really stuck? others often with the support of the state use violence to pressure if

a non violent resistance to the occupation and to perpetrate a climate to fear and repression. is there any anti virus has been part of fat break or for the fabric of, of slide, for us to use even before the beginning of the occupation in $9067.00 and the advisor has always paid the highest the price. and the 15 years before october 7, is there any meet if it contains till 5365 palestinians on foster, the majority of home work and distributed lead civilians. of course, this is shocking to see if this fixed fails in the comparison to what we have in the past 4 months. at the same time, the courts cannot ignore the ever worsening situation in which think. since october 7, the $397.00 plus the news happening cold across the west banks. and it's

45053 type in injured isn't before october, 7200. 34. austin years with a cold and 2024, which was the highest number on the record. so it's really, a casualty is not just collateral damage fund. is there any effects? the are the main target they use a for play is arm drawers, kind of called thursday and massage was, was unprecedented. and the best in the worst spent. now it is 13 mister president, members of the court. israel's victims are often children. they fluid 5 years old. probably. yeah. but what shocked in the back like is there any forces on january, 7th at community took point and the worst thing in the body was with whole withheld from her family body. is there any forces for 10 days? for 10 days, just last week is there any forces also shopped 16 volt,

the heater and the head. feeling him as he was really think school the he, it was the 100 palestinian child showed by. is there any forces in the spring since october 2nd? this it brings me to the 1st practice implemented by his name, which is it's discriminatory him in the collegiate system and to all be the best system driven it. just jewish. is there any settlers? why depriving on experience of the most basic legal protections biller of the system is the practice of an definitive administrative dimension of protestant use without charges as redetailed an hour with this statement, this of practice what was wide spread before october 7. it was, as its use has to be, it has increased excessively since then then what some, in what some writes

a group have characterized as mass than forest disappear is in the past 4 months alone. solver 10 years have been placed in administrative positions, and pfizer around a job blindfolded disrupt, humiliated, and detained, and mass mix, shift outdoor presents. you can find detail reporting tabs 5 and 6 of your folders. in the interest of time, i would not detail the 3 to many policy isn't the practices that starts to rise is there is occupation which are discussed in chapter 2 of the author's breakthrough statement. these are practices are 6, the eradication and suppression of old manifestations on this thing is culture and religion into all the stuff and the economic oppression of palestinians. and the

expectations of these natural resources and 8, the systematic persecution and suppression of old laws to attempt to document or pursue accountability for the occupation, such as the human rights organizations. and journalists. this includes jersey, i should, you know, but after that, who was murdered by is there any divorces? somebody, 112022. mister president, members of the court. these 8 discriminatory practices and policies are among those that the court is called upon to assess an on southern question, a few jointly very few, the true nature of the can of the occupation. as in legal as an legal, secular colonial regime. it will turn out to the final portion of the

fathers presentations through certain things and you can start this off the occupation and the response. the question is that president a member of the court, the rest of the statements and comments that addressed and pushing b o for womanly endorse of findings by the court. that the is there is occupation of the o, b t, as in the come this was exit, press this, this was the exit press conclusion if at least 38th participant in disability, things was that's most to stage teaching the opposite conclusion. most participants finding that the occupation is illegal, offered a number of lines of analysis to support their share its conclusion. this is a surprising, unsurprising as it is occupations has violated to so many fundamental principles of international law that it would be hard to point to just one reason for its indic

allergy. in chapter 3 of the author's written comments, we identified 5 main reasons as to why is there any is occupations of the i'll be t as in eco, what it's written comments father also submitted in detail appendix compliant compiling, leverage and relevant statements by participating states and organizations, these can be found of fat types of $7.00 to $15.00, a few folders. we hope that the authors analysis would be helpful. uh for the ports porch. i should, i should, i shouldn't briefly walk the court through 5 reasons for the indigo at the, of the occupation 1st the occupation center business. the disco gives obligations the respect to the right of self determination, as opposed to having people to search united states and internationally. get his

ations found that the occupation violates but active soul determination. 28th of those participants and to the support that the occupation has become the legal for this reason. second, is it a, is occupation also violates just focus perception of upper type. $25.00 participants endorsed a finding of opportunity among those reaching, among those, producing this conclusion, 16 participant underscored that the situation of advertise ring, there's the occupation itself illegal 3rd, as there is occupation, is illegal because it violates disco against permission on the use of force. this was the conclusion of 818 participants for life are true, virtual office and legal annexation of portion of property is that you have has

peach yet another disco gains nor the prohibition on the acquisition of 33 through the use of force at least $4.00 to $1.00 participants in the proceedings have pointed out a top pointed this out with so to one of them, underscore in the occupation is it needs as a whole because because the electronic sation of the obviously is an integral feature of the occupation. since then finally is there is occupation is illegal due to the fact that it's not perfect temporary, a character not being carried out in good faith or not being administered and the best interest of the occupied population. 17 states reach such conclusions. mister president, members of the court, the states of popular endorses all these, all of these arguments for the illegality of the occupation wireless. so of course, for the court to decide how best to answer the general assembly as the questions be

. it does authors respectful submission that the court should not clinic itself to chosen. only one of these are grounds for illegality. unlike contentious cases, they should economy does not support the adoption of only the nar, which the reason impossible. indeed, some proceedings to the continuity and the context of an advisory opinion. the courts function is to provide legal advice to the organ requesting the opinion. there are multiple relevant colleague over james, applicable to the situation. and the course advisors on each of these the frameworks will be open this value to the general assembly and to the international committee of the large and disconnection of thought and many other states. a task particularly important to a finding that is there is occupation by nature amounts to at

a gene plus appetite. i find that the fabric type is not just the most accurate label for what the occupation has become. it's all, it's hard to tell was that the that it also provides a tangible but to fix it. but a roadmap for must come next. what sending advertise requires is a chief think a solution to think a situation with all people is really and posting is equal to enjoy the fundamental human rights and dignity with the requisite finding the fabric type by the court. the international community, including the general assembly, can activate similar mechanism for bringing about an end of the occupation. i did that with the, with the upper talk to jim in south africa. this is the shortest path to truth justice. and yes, reconciliation. mister president, members of the court, the people of the world i'd look and go to where confident doctor was,

sees this test, the oppertunity to finally print to and in a century of injustice against the bus to me and people. i thank you for your project issue. i think we're going to get some stuff out of for experimentation which meetings for a close this morning's hearing. the courts would meet again this afternoon at 3 p. m. 3 of the united kingdom, lavinia, so done. then while you for listening to catalogs and also the to the netherlands adopt and what loc alca tony, making his submission to the international court of justice in the hey, this is now the 5th day of hearings and israel's occupation of the palace to an entire trees he said as well as well, and garza is a threat to international security and his role behaves if it's an exception to the road if at all, including 5, pursuing its long standing colonial project in the occupied palestinian territories . you had him just summarize that, saying that this is an opportunity for the court to bring an end to

a century of injustice. why don't speak to bonnet smith, a correspondent, he's been listening in on those hearings outside the i, c, j and the hague of council. has long stood in sort of director with the protestant and people here that very clearly and for today as well. remember the calls, the ones have been asked to answer 2 questions. one of the legal consequences of israel's violation on the rights of palestinians to self determination. and how do those policies affect the legal status of the occupational doctor? looks like a tiny has done. there is use the same arguments that we've heard over and over again. this week, from most of the nation's represent you, the by lawyers are or bye on box. it is, and the i've done stick autonomy is how can tanya is pointed to the deliberate policy of expanding sacraments in the occupied westbank at an east during somehow that has made it impossible for the palestinians to achieve self determination. he

said the court has jurisdiction over this case. he's talked about the forcible displacements in gauze or of 75 percent of the population. but he highlighted that we shouldn't forget what's happening in the occupied west fund. because if at the same time and particularly he pointed out the house, 13 communities in the occupied west funds needs to ramallah have been played out, effectively, play a ring land for israel to the it's a supplement construction plan. he says he describes a regime of a pot site and ending not regime of a pot type is the only way to end it is for is rails and palestinians to enjoy the same rights. and don, and you've been listening in on those hearings all day and a number of other countries. i've also made submissions. what else have we had in court? the yeah, we've had the submissions this. busy going from pakistan on from no way. i'm particularly interesting of today within denise here because indonesia is one of the 1st countries to sign up to giving the evidence to giving

a opinions to go to the well cool. when the u. n. g a asked for the will go to look into the occupation back in 2022. so indonesia is foreign minister with her. she flew in straight from the g. 20 meeting in brazil rep. no. my sooty. and she said all so again that the court has jurisdiction that is. busy is consistently avoided negotiations on a 2 state solution. again, preventing against international the policy means from realizing the right to self determination. and also again, she told about this population transfer all these really jews in so walk you 5 land into the west bank that will fundamentally changing the make up of the occupied palestinian territories. a miss the keeping an eye on those hearings for us in the hague. thank you very, very much, bennett. well, that's not bringing mohammed on las ray. he's a professor of media studies at the doe institute for graduate studies, and he joins me and now in the studio number, what did you make of catch us?

the mission you were telling me you, you felt it was very, very grounded in the next. yeah. yeah. as somebody who reads a lot of the scholarly literature on israel palestine, it was interesting to see how i'm grounded. all of this was in the, in the scholarly literature. so he spoke to, for instance, this larger project of greater israel fired. he didn't actually use those words specifically, but that's what he was describing when he talked about the demographic problem. when he talked about the ongoing project of ethnic cleansing and he spoke about, he spoke about the ethnic cleansing in the context of both our gaza and the west bank. and i think that that was important to you also spoke to apartheid, which is something that has been established in the, in the scholarly literature. so what he was saying, we're really is consistent with what scholars have been and writing for, for many, many years. and i thought it was interesting that he used, he relied on to specific experts, scholarly experts on israel, palestine. well, he also really emphasized the tactic of fragmentation. you mentioned that the

demographic changes and the social changes, those, that israel's been trying to it to affect. he spoke about how that is a is a tactic you right to, to perpetuate the occupational number of countries if he's not a nasa machines. right? absolutely. so he spoke specifically about what he called 8 main categories of oppressive policies. and one of those was a fragmentation, and essentially what israel tries to do is to divide the palestinians ups. on the one hand you have the palestinians, divided from you guys are, is completely separated from, from the west bank from east jerusalem. but then also within the west bank, basically you have a bunch of very isolated palestinian communities that are separated by uh military checkpoints. and so palestinians lack freedom of movement. so that's one of the strategies that israel has been applying that other occupying powers of employed in the past. yeah, well if you are just joining us, it is just.