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News Wrap: Top UN court says Israel's rule over Palestinian territories 'unlawful'

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Friday, the top U.N. court says Israel's rule over occupied Palestinian territories is "unlawful," Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for an Iranian-made drone that hit Tel-Aviv, the government of Bangladesh announced a nationwide curfew as student protests escalate and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy urged Britain's new government to let his forces strike deeper into Russia. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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In the day's other headlines the UN's top court says that Israel's rule over the

0:04.9

Palestinian occupied territories is quote unlawful. In a sweeping condemnation

0:10.3

the International Court of Justice in theague said Israel's policies impede Palestinians right to self-determination

0:17.0

and violate international law.

0:20.0

The 15 judge panel pointed to the building and expanding of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem,

0:26.2

areas that Israel captured in the 1967 war and called on them to be withdrawn. The sustained abuse by Israel of its position as an occupying power violates fundamental principles of international law.

0:42.0

Israel has an obligation to bring an end to its presence in the occupied Palestinian

0:47.2

territory as rapidly as possible.

0:50.5

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted swiftly online, writing,

0:54.0

quote, the Jewish people are not occupiers in their own land.

0:58.0

No absurd opinion in the Hague can deny this historical truth.

1:02.0

Meanwhile in Israel, an Iranian-made drone rumble downtown Tel Aviv early this morning,

1:08.0

killing one man and injuring at least 10 others.

1:11.0

Huti rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack, making it the group's first

1:16.0

lethal strike into Israel.

1:18.4

Footage circulated overnight of the explosion.

1:20.9

By dawn, police swarmed the scene to survey the damage.

1:24.0

The Israeli military said they're investigating how the drone bypassed the country's air defense system.

1:30.0

We are in a multi-front war. We are in a multi-front war. We work on all fronts and defend the country every day.

1:38.0

Some of these fronts are close and others are far away. In this event, we are talking about an error. There was a detection.

1:44.8

We are investigating all the chains but it is known there was no interception.

1:48.6

All this as Israeli bombs continue to fall in Gaza. Families mourned today after 12 people were

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