Chris McGreal (Guardian Utd): Barrier ruling shifts the debate

[Jack Rabbit]

From the Guardian Unlimited (UK)
Dated Saturday July 10

Barrier ruling shifts the debate
Palestinian groups want ruling to increase international pressure on Israel
By Chris McGreal in Jerusalem

If the Palestinians have their way, historians will look back on yesterday's court ruling against the vast West Bank barrier as the decision that mobilised the world to end Israeli occupation.
The ruling by the international court of justice in The Hague is non-binding, and has already been rejected by Israel as politicised and one-sided.
But Palestinian lawyers heralded yesterday's victory as a milestone. They have in mind the path trod three decades ago, after the same court ruled that South Africa was illegally occupying Namibia. That set in motion votes in the UN general assembly and security council that established international sanctions against the apartheid regime, which evolved into a popular global boycott of South African goods and sport, contributing to the long-term collapse of white rule.
Yesterday, the world court called on the UN general assembly and security council to press Israel to comply with the ruling, and on signatories to the Geneva conventions, including the US and Britain, to meet their legal requirement to ensure the Jewish state respects international law.

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[Classical_Liberal]

1. It would be really nice if the EU really started enforcing that clause

As for Sharon being committed to two states. Since he is anexxing the settlements on the West Bank, where the hell is that state going to be created. The Palestinians are the ones that need negotiating leverage, not Israel. Since the US won't give it to them the EU, Israel's largest trading partner, might as well.

[number6]

2. kick

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