The advisory decision by the International Court of Justice is non-binding and unlikely to have a significant impact on the ground, but it marks the first time the court has addressed the legality of Israel's occupation.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the ruling, stating that the Jewish people are not conquerors in their own land. Meanwhile, the office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the decision as historic and demanded its implementation.
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