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Weekend: U.N. asks World Court to give opinion on Israel's occupation

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U.N. asks World Court to give opinion on Israel's occupation

31/12/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, U.N. asks World Court to give opinion on Israel's occupation

UN wants International Court of Justice (ICJ) determination on Israel-Palestine issue.

The United Nations General Assembly approved on Friday a resolution requesting the International Court of Justice  to weigh in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict  specifically Israel's “annexation” of Palestinian territories and and the “legal status of the occupation.”

Also in the programme: Growing calls in Jamaica for the British monarch to no longer be head of state:

Joining Paul Henley  to discuss these and other stories are Lone Theils, a Danish writer, crime novelist and journalist and James Lynch director of Fair/Square Research and Projects - a UK-based organisation that provides specialist research and advice on human rights issues.

(Photo: A handout image made available by GPO, Israeli government press office, showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) during the state funeral ceremony for late Israeli president Shimon Peres at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel, 30 September 2016. Credit:  EPA/BEN GERSHOM)

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