Gantz throws fit of rage after CBS said al-Quds 'disputed'
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Israeli opposition figure Benny Gantz is angered after learning that CBS News directed its staff not to refer to al-Quds as Israeli.
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Benny Gantz in the Hall of Remembrance at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in occupied al-Quds on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP)
Former Israeli Minister Benny Gantz strongly defended "Israel's" position on occupying al-Quds after reports surfaced that a senior CBS News executive advised staff not to refer to the city as part of the Israeli entity.
Gantz took to X (formerly Twitter) to assert, "Jerusalem's status is clear and undisputed – the eternal capital of the Jewish people. It has been so for millennia, and will always remain so. No attempt to distort or hide that reality will change it."
An August email saw Mark Memmott, CBS News' senior director of standards and practices, address the status of the occupied Palestinian city.
According to a report from the Free Press newsletter, Memmott instructed staff that while the US embassy is located in occupied al-Quds and the Trump administration recognized it as the occupation's capital, its status remains disputed.
He noted that occupied al-Quds is central to the Palestinian issue, with the Israeli regime claiming it as its "eternal and undivided" capital while Palestinians view it as the capital of a future state.
Growing violations in al-Quds
In an opinion advisory on July 19, the president of the International Court of Justice, Nawaf Salam, confirmed that the ICJ is "not convinced" that the expansion of sovereignty in the West Bank and al-Quds is "justified," and considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank and al-Quds a violation of international law.
In this context, Salam stated that the ICJ sees "Israel" treating East al-Quds as part of its territory and that "Israel" applied its laws there after 1967, stressing that the Israeli occupation is obliged to end its presence in the occupied Palestinian territories as soon as possible.
The ICJ president discussed the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, explaining that the transfer of Israeli settlers into the West Bank or East al-Quds contradicts Article 49 of the Geneva Convention and that "Israel’s" confiscation of Palestinian lands and granting them to settlers is neither temporary nor in compliance with the Geneva Convention.
The ICJ emphasized that the expansion of settlements into the West Bank and al-Quds and the construction of the separation wall serve to reinforce the occupation authorities and emphasized that all new settlement activities must be halted.
