Robert Nicholson, WSJ, July 21, 2024
In a gross miscarriage of justice that surprised no one, the main judicial body of the United Nations has attacked Jewish self-determination in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. The International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion Friday saying that Israel’s “occupation” of the Palestinian Territories violates international law. The ICJ’s opinion is nonbinding but will reinvigorate the Palestinian crusade against Israel and the West. Yet Western leaders seem oblivious and indifferent.
In legal terms, the opinion is little more than a warmed-over presentation of the Palestinian narrative. The real story is the civilizational context that surrounds the case and Western powers’ failure to see it. Several judges took issue with the majority opinion, but it was a woman from Uganda—Judge Julia Sebutinde, the court’s vice president and the only full dissenter in the case—who has come out to tell it like it is. [To read the full article, click here]