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Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> international law at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Illinois College <strong>of</strong><br />

Law and author <strong>of</strong> Palestine, Palestinians, and International Law, Francis<br />

A. Boyle said today: “This can be <strong>the</strong> start <strong>of</strong> a ‘Legal Intifadah’ by<br />

Palestine against Israel:<br />

4. 1. “Palestine can join <strong>the</strong> Rome Statute for <strong>the</strong> International<br />

Criminal Court and file a Complaint with <strong>the</strong> ICC against <strong>the</strong><br />

illegal settlements and settlers, who are committing war crimes;<br />

5. “Palestine can join <strong>the</strong> Statute for <strong>the</strong> International Court <strong>of</strong><br />

Justice, sue Israel at <strong>the</strong> World Court, and break <strong>the</strong> illegal siege<br />

<strong>of</strong> Gaza;<br />

6. Palestine can join <strong>the</strong> Law <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sea Convention and get its fair<br />

share <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> enormous gas fields lying <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong> coast <strong>of</strong> Gaza, thus<br />

becoming economically self-sufficient;<br />

7. “Palestine can become a High Contracting Party to <strong>the</strong> Four<br />

Geneva Conventions [this deals with <strong>the</strong> laws <strong>of</strong> war];<br />

8. “Palestine can join <strong>the</strong> International Civil Aviation Organization<br />

and gain sovereign, legal control over its own airspace;<br />

9. “Palestine can join <strong>the</strong> International Telecommunications Union<br />

and gain sovereign legal control over its own airwaves, phone<br />

lines, bandwidths.”<br />

Latest report from Aljazeera - 29 November 2012<br />

The United Nations General Assembly has voted in favour <strong>of</strong><br />

upgrading <strong>the</strong> Palestinians status to that <strong>of</strong> a non-member observer state.

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