Welby: Ending Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories ‘legal necessity’
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} The Archbishop of Canterbury has stated his support for a ruling by a top United Nations court which said Israel’s presence in the Palestinian occupied territories is “unlawful” and should end. It said the “sustained abuse” by Israel of its position as an occupying power, “through annexation and an assertion of permanent control over the Occupied Palestinian Territory and continued frustration of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, violates fundamental principles of international law and renders Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory unlawful”. In his statement on Friday, Mr Welby said the ICJ ruling “makes definitively clear that Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is unlawful and needs to end as rapidly as possible”. “I pray that all UN member states respond positively to this advisory opinion by ensuring their individual and common actions are consistent with it – and pave the way for the realisation of the Palestinian people’s fundamental right to self-determination.” When the ICJ advisory opinion was published last month, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development said it had received it and was “considering it carefully before responding”.
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