‘Absurd’: International court says Israeli presence in Judea and Samaria is illegal, must end

JERUSALEM – In a move which surprised precisely nobody, the International Court of Justice in the Hague delivered a non-binding ruling Friday claiming Israel’s rule in “the occupied Palestinian territory since 1967” is “illegal,” and it is obligated to bring its “unlawful presence” in that territory to an end “as rapidly as possible.”

As if Israel did not already have enough on its collective mind with a full-blown nine-month long war with Hamas, as well as daily drone, rocket and missile...