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because ... quite simply, [it is] an exercise of authority over the Palestinian people that, by its very nature, violates their right to freedom.

This multifaceted existential illegality — involving serious violations of peremptory norms — has two key consequences:

First: the occupation must end: Israel must renounce its claim to sovereignty over the Palestinian territory; all settlers must be removed. Immediately. This is required to end the illegality, to discharge the positive obligation to enable immediate Palestinian self-administration, and because Israel lacks any legal entitlement to exercise authority..."