Under the Robes of Justice Edmond Levy Revealed a Shyster

Press Release July 10, 2012

Gush Shalom: Under the robes of Justice Edmond Levy was revealed a shyster, a Likud party hack and preparing a made-to-order legal opinion

Edmond Levy took off the robe of a Supreme Court judge – and under it was revealed a shyster, a Likud Party hack providing his client with a highly dubious, made-to-order legal opinion. After 45 years of oppressive military rule, former judge Levy discovered that the West Bank is "not an Occupied Territory" and that the settlement enterprise is a pure, lily-white business.

Outside Israel's borders Levi's assertions would be greeted with laughter and derision, if anybody bothers to take notice of them at all. The International Court of Justice, which is the highest interpreter of International Law, ruled unequivocally in 2004 that the West Bank is indeed an Occupied Territory; that Israel may not build settlements or boundary fences inside this territory. The Fourth Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a signatory, specifically states that an Occupying Power is not entitled to settle its own citizens in the Occupied Territory, regardless whether it is on private land or on state land. If the government is tempted to try and use Levy's fabrication, in order to undermine the rulings of the Supreme Court of which Levy was once a member, it would further weaken Israel's international standing.

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