(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Yoni Ben Menachem - At the request of the Palestinian Authority, the UN General Assembly voted on Dec. 30, 2022, to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague for an opinion on the legality of the "Israeli occupation" in the West Bank. The UN decision is a political blow to Israel, even though Israel managed to mobilize more countries in the UN to oppose the decision since the preliminary vote on the issue a month earlier. In recent months, PA Chairman Abbas has returned to his old strategy of internationalizing the conflict with Israel. If Israel fails to react, the PA will interpret this as weakness and increase the pressure on Israel in the international arena. Israel must, at the very least, take symbolic action to warn the Palestinian Authority against similar political moves in the future.
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