Bahrain welcomes ICJ advisory opinion on Israeli occupation
Bahrain has joined several other countries in welcoming the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories.
In a statement shared on X, Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the court’s findings support the “right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of their independent national state, with East Jerusalem as its capital”.
All states obligated to end Israeli apartheid after ICJ ruling: Palestinian lawyer
Ardi Imseis, the legal counsel for the State of Palestine, has told Al Jazeera’s Inside Story that the ICJ’s advisory opinion creates obligations for “all states on earth” to end Israel’s continued presence in the Palestinian territory.
“The court has determined that Israel’s presence in the territory is accompanied by a regime of racial discrimination, racial segregation and apartheid [that] must be brought to an end forthwith by the international community,” said Imseis, who is also an associate professor of law at Queen’s University in Canada and the author of the book The United Nations and The Question of Palestine.
Imseis acknowledged that advisory opinions themselves are “on their face non-binding”, but said that some “aspects of the ruling are binding”. These include instances where the court made an “authoritative determination on how to interpret relevant international legal principles, which are themselves already binding”.
Algeria welcomes ICJ ruling on Palestine
The Algerian Foreign Ministry “strongly welcomed” the World Court’s advisory opinion on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory, saying the ruling did justice to the Palestinian people by recognising their legitimate and inalienable rights.
“This important historic step serves to remind the international community that the essence of the conflict lies in [Israel’s] expansionist occupation policies, which are based on annexing Palestinian lands by force and usurpation, and building settlements without any borders or restrictions,” the ministry said in a statement.
The goal of these systematic violations is to destroy the Palestinian national project and eliminate the two-state solution, the ministry said.
It added that Algeria will continue its efforts in the Security Council to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people.
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