58261. The Law of Betrayal in the Wild West Bank
- Author:
- Ed Morgan
- Publication Date:
- 12-2005
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- The Journal of International Law and International Relations
- Institution:
- Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto
- Abstract:
- The response by Israel's Foreign Minister to the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has struck a chord that echoes with history. As Silvan Shalom put it, in condemning his state's defences the Court has condemned its own set of legal norms, in the process becoming 'equally guilty of betrayal.' Other commentators, pointing to the failure of the Court to address the catalogue of violence presented in the Israeli submissions, have accused the United Nations of 'a betrayal of its Charter commitment to peace and security.' It is as if in denying Israel's claim to self-defence with respect to the barrier that snakes along the Green Line and through the West Bank, the Court has both sentenced the country to death and sealed its own fate as a normative authority.
- Political Geography:
- Israel and Palestine