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AUSSIE OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL HEARING ON ISRAEL'S SECURITY FENCE
Based on ICEJ News, Jan 27, 2004
Australia opposed a hearing on Israel's security fence at the Hague and plans to send a written argument, the country's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said yesterday. "We are concerned that this case has the potential for the politicization of the International Court of Justice and could damage its credibility as a court," Downer said. "This is a political exercise, not a judicial exercise." Israel's Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom lauded Australia
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