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Ralph Wilde, Ph.D, addressing the ICJ during hearings at the Hague (February 26, 2024):

[Quotation begins around 23:22, emphases mine]

"In sum: the occupation of the Palestinian Gaza Strip and West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is existentially illegal...

because ... quite simply, [it is] an exercise of authority over the Palestinian people that, by its very nature, violates their right to freedom.

This multifaceted existential illegality — involving serious violations of peremptory norms — has two key consequences:

First: the occupation must end: Israel must renounce its claim to sovereignty over the Palestinian territory; all settlers must be removed. Immediately. This is required to end the illegality, to discharge the positive obligation to enable immediate Palestinian self-administration, and because Israel lacks any legal entitlement to exercise authority..."

"...whatever it does is illegal, even if compliant with or pursuant to the conduct-regulatory rules."

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Will Canada face criminal charges for residential school abuses?

Lawyers urge police to lay criminal charges against Canadian government, churches and people who worked at institutions.