The Legality of the West Bank Wall: Israel\u27s High Court of Justice v. the International Court of Justice

This Article offers a critique of the decision reached by Israel\u27s High Court of Justice in the Mara\u27abe Case (2005) as well as some aspects of the International Court of Justice\u27s Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (2004). The Article takes a socio-legal and facts-based approach to analyzing the decisions\u27 discussions of settlements, self-determination, and self-defense, examining all three topics in light of several recent legal and political developments