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The court said Israel's obligations include paying restitution for harm and "the evacuation of all settlers from existing settlements".
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Top UN court says Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal
The United Nations’ highest court said on July 19 that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and settlements there are illegal and should be withdrawn as soon as possible, in its strongest findings to date on the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
The advisory opinion by judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), known as the World Court, was not binding but carries weight under international law and may weaken support for Israel.
“Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the regime associated with them, have been established and are being maintained in violation of international law,” President Nawaf Salam said, reading the findings of a 15-judge panel.
Defiant Biden vows to ‘win’ despite growing revolt
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US President Joe Biden doubled down on his insistence that he will stay in the White House race, despite a growing Democrat revolt that raised speculation he could bow out as soon as this weekend.
“The stakes are high, and the choice is clear. Together, we will win,” the 81-year-old said in a written statement from the Delaware beach home where he is recovering from Covid-19.
Mr Biden vowed to return to the campaign trail next week, and took aim at Donald Trump’s “dark” speech accepting his nomination at the Republican National Convention on July 18.
Russian missile hits playground, kills three in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv
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A Russian missile hit a children’s playground in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv on July 19, killing a child and two adults, and injuring five others, officials said.
“A playground near an ordinary house... Every day Russia proves with its terror that pressure on it is not enough,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Telegram.
He posted images from the site that showed two bodies lying on the ground. One was the badly mutilated body of a child, covered in blood, dust and debris. Part of a missile lay alongside.
Adidas drops Bella Hadid from campaign over Gaza controversy
Adidas said Friday it had dropped vocal pro-Palestinian model Bella Hadid from an advertising campaign for retro sneakers referencing the 1972 Munich Olympics, which were overshadowed by a massacre of Israeli athletes.
The German sportswear giant recently relaunched the SL72, a shoe first showcased by athletes at the 1972 Olympics, as part of a series reviving old classic sneakers.
Eleven Israeli athletes and a German police officer were killed at the 1972 Munich Games after gunmen from the Palestinian Black September group broke into the Olympic village and took them hostage.
Macron will swim in Seine but ‘not necessarily’ before Olympics
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Emmanuel Macron still plans to swim in the River Seine as promised but “not necessarily” before the Paris Olympic Games which begin in a week, the Elysee presidential office said on July 19.
The French president has insisted several times that he would dive into the capital’s river to highlight the possibility of swimming there again thanks to major depollution work, and to reassure about the quality of the water.
But Macron, 46, never set a date, and did not join Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo who both took a dip in the murky waters in the past week.
