RAMALLAH: The International Court of Justice in The Hague will Monday begin holding public hearings on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.
Today witnesses the opening of the hearings in The Hague and the statement of the State of Palestine.
The sessions come in the context of the United Nations General Assembly’s request to obtain an advisory opinion from the court on the effects of the Israeli occupation that has continued for more than 57 years, and will continue for six days between 19 and 26 February.
During the sessions, the court is scheduled to hear briefings from 52 countries – an unprecedented number in the history of the court – in addition to the African Union, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the League of Arab States.
Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA
House Speaker, Nabih Berri, received on Monday at the second presidency headquarters in Ain al-Tineh the Papal Ambassador to Lebanon, Bishop Paolo Borgia, with whom he broached the general situation and political developments.
Speaker Berri later met in Ain El-Tineh with Head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), Major General Patrick Gauchat, with an accompanying delegation, in the presence of the head of the Truce Monitoring Team in Lebanon, Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Kearns.
Discussions touched on the political and field developments in light of Israel’s continued aggression against the southern Lebanese border villages with the occupied Palestine.
Berri also received at Ain El-Tineh the UN Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Najat Rochdi, with whom he discussed the general situation in Lebanon and the region.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon