Tuesday, 30 July 2024

Motions

Middle East conflict

Katherine COPSEY (Southern Metropolitan) (15:12): I move, by leave:

That this house:

notes that on 19 July 2024 the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion stating that:

(a) ‘The sustained abuse’ by the state of Israel ‘of its position as an occupying power through annexation and an assertion of permanent control over the occupied Palestinian territory and continued frustration of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination violates fundamental principles of international law and renders Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory unlawful’;

(b) the state of Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful and should come to an end ‘as rapidly as possible’;

further notes that the court found that:

(a) the state of Israel has no right to sovereignty of the territories, is violating international laws against acquiring territory by force and is impeding Palestinians’ right to self-determination;

(b) member states are under ‘an obligation not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by Israel’s illegal presence in the occupied Palestinian territory’;

does not support the state of Israel’s continued invasion of Gaza; and

supports calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.

Leave refused.