The hearings before the International Court of Justice ended this Monday, February 26. The fifteen judges have retired to deliberate and their decision is expected to be rendered within six months.
50 states and three multilateral organizations argued before the highest court of the UN on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. Judges will now decide whether the occupation is legal or not. And if it is illegal, they will have to draw the consequences. The question will have been the central issue of these debates. The United States and other allies of Israel, such as Hungary and the Fiji archipelago, asked the judges to abstain and simply push Palestinians and Israelis to resume negotiations.