(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - The International Court of Justice rejected a request by Israel to remove one of the 15 judges who will hear the controversial security fence case when it comes before it on February 23. The decision to keep Judge Nabil Elaraby on the bench surprised Israel, which believes that comments he has made in the media shows that he is biased on this issue. Only the U.S. judge, Thomas Buergenthal, dissented. Elaraby expressed views "bearing on the credibility and the validity of the arguments likely to be presented by the interested parties to this case and likely to effect its outcome," Buergenthal wrote.
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