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Palestinian foreign minister tells UN top court of Israel's illegal occupation and apartheid
Riyad Al-Maliki, minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority (centre) and Riyad Mansour, representative of the Palestinian National Authority at the UN (right), take their seats at the United Nations' highest court which opened historic hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, February 19, 2024

PALESTINIAN Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad al-Maliki accused Israel of apartheid today and urged the United Nations’ top court to declare that the occupation of Palestinian land is illegal and must end immediately and unconditionally.

The remarks came at the start of historic hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of Palestinian land. 

The current war by the Israelis on the Palestinians in Gaza was an important backdrop to the hearing. 

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