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The UK is seeking to block the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from addressing important international humanitarian law matters in a legal opinion submitted to the world court on the legality of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian lands, a UK daily has reported.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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A 43-page legal opinion submitted by the UK to the world court last month, as part of the ICJ’s fact-finding stage, opposes the hearing of the case in the court altogether, the Guardian said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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According to the report, the UK's position is shared by only a handful of the 57 opinions sent to the court by member states and non-governmental organizations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The ICJ is expected to deliver its advisory opinion to the UN General Assembly on the legal consequences of the “occupation, settlement and annexation” of Palestinian land in the coming months.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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This follows a UNGA resolution in December that requested the ICJ’s opinion on “legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory”.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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At that time, the Zionist regime and its Western backers including the US and UK voted against the resolution, claiming that it would push the parties to the conflict away from negotiations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Hamas believed that this decision is a continuation of Britain's historical support of Zionist regime’s colonial occupation's policies that resulted in the denial of the Palestinian people's rights.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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This decision is deeply rooted in Britain's infamous Balfour Declaration and its whitewashing of the fascist occupation crimes against the Palestinian people, land, and holy sites, the Movement said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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"Britain's endeavors to block international courts from stopping the occupation forces and colonial settlers' heinous crimes against the Palestinian people are a violation of the principles of justice and equality."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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In this regard, Hamas called on Britain and the international community to end "the double-standard policy towards the situation in Palestine and assume their responsibility to end the settler-colonial occupation of Palestine and prosecute its leaders for their crimes against the oppressed Palestinian people, until liberation and self-determination are achieved."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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