No, the International Criminal Court did not announce that Israel is a “illegal state”
propagandaThey have returned to appear on the Internet some wrong data that the highest United Nations court, International Criminal Courtand Israel declared as illegal state.
Several publications on social networks that were distributed in recent weeks appear a video of the former Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, RIYAD Al-MalikiTanning a speech confirming that “the Israeli occupation of Palestine has announced that it is illegal.” To Maliki adds in the non -textual association that the court announces that the aforementioned occupation violates the United Nations Human Rights Charter, which the court ordered Israel to stop this as soon as possible and the same Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories They are illegal and you must disintegrate.
The messages that share the video They provide it as news at the last minute, Saying that this means that Israel has announced that a state is illegal and that the International Criminal Court is asking to stop recognizing it as a sovereign state.
However, phrases are not only wrong, but also old. First, there is no evidence that the court has been issued There is no decision of this kind In recent weeks, either by a consumer price index or any news about the alleged decision.
The research in X shows that the wrong statement has been shared over and over again during the past year, as the video that seems Maliki was published for the first time on July 19, 2024. This is what he announced in response to a resolution Real butNon -binding From CIJThe court described it as illegal and the existence of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories. He also asked the direct party from Building settlements or coloniesAnd condemned Israel’s control of the lands that took nearly six decades. However, at any time, the court declares that Israel is an illegal nation, and does not order other countries to stop recognizing it as a sovereign state.
In response to this ruling, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that it was “a distortion of the historical truth” and that the West Bank and Jerusalem “are part of the historical homeland of the Jewish people.” The families of Israel The bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza tape In the 1967 war, the Palestinians intend to recover and establish an independent state in these areas, but Israel has established settlements to enhance their field. Jerusalem was included in an internationally unrecognized movement, and despite its retirement from Gaza in 2005, It maintains a mass in the tape since Hamas took control in 2007.
According to “Peade Now”, a monitoring group on illegal settlements, Israel has built more than a hundred in the West Bank. Settler More than 15 % have grown in recent years, even bypassing 500,000 Israelis. In addition, about 200,000 Israelis live in East Jerusalem, which Israel considers the neighborhoods of its capital. The Palestinians in the city suffer from a systematic discrimination This hinders his ability to build or expand homes. In general, the international community considers the three areas occupied.
