The International Court of Justice said Israel's West Bank security barrier is illegal and should be dismantled.
"The wall, along the route chosen, and its associated regime, gravely infringe a number of rights of Palestinians residing in the territory occupied by Israel, and the infringements resulting from that route cannot be justified by military exigencies or by the requirements of national security or public order," the court said, according to a report in Friday's Ha'aretz.
The U.N. court's decision is an advisement and not binding. Israel, the United States and several dozen European nations have argued that the court, based in The Hague, lacks jurisdiction in the matter. http://www.jta.org/
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