Hague ruling on fence could lead to sanctions on Israel

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Mazuz: Hague ruling on fence could lead to sanctions on Israel

By Yuval Yoaz

Attorney General Menachem Mazuz yesterday warned that the decision on the separation fence by the International Court of Justice in The Hague could lead to anti-Israel actions in international forums that could include sanctions.

The warning accompanied a report delivered yesterday by Mazuz to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who requested a month ago that the attorney general set up a committee to look into the ICJ's decision.

In an advisory opinion to the UN General Assembly last month, the ICJ said that Israel's fence is illegal and must be torn down.

"It is difficult to overestimate the negative ramifications that the ICJ's decision will have on the State of Israel in various spheres, even on issues beyond the separation fence," Mazuz wrote in an accompanying note to Sharon. "The decision could gradually have an effect on rulings by Israeli courts about the administration of military authority in the territories and about the building of the fence."

Mazuz added: "The decision creates a political reality for Israel on the international level, that may be used to expedite actions against Israel in international forums, to the point where they may result in sanctions.".......cont'd

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