Excerpts from China's speech at the International Court of Justice:
"Armed resistance is the right of the people of the colony and does not violate international law. ”
"Israel has no right to self-defence, as its occupation of Palestinian land is illegal, but reserves the right to take some security measures. ”
"Justice on the Palestinian issue is long overdue and should not be denied. ”
"Israel must stop the war in the Gaza Strip, implement the two-state solution and establish a Palestinian state. ”
"Mr. President, I would now like to make my comments on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict stems from Israel's continued occupation of Palestinian territory and its long-standing oppression of the Palestinian people. The Palestinian people's resistance to Israeli oppression and the realization of independent statehood in the occupied territories are in essence just actions to realize the legitimate rights of the nation, and its legal basis is precisely the right of the people to self-determination. ”
"The Palestinian people, as a people in territories under foreign occupation, are as a person of international legal personality in their own right. The right of the Palestinian people to national self-determination under international law has been affirmed by a series of United Nations resolutions and the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in the "separation wall" case, and has been widely recognized by the majority of countries and international organizations. ”
"The Palestinian people have the right to national self-determination. It mainly includes the following five aspects: first, the right to maintain territorial integrity, second, the right to maintain national integrity, that is, the people as a whole should collectively enjoy and exercise the right of national self-determination in their group identity, third, the right to freely determine their political status, fourth, the right to freely pursue economic, social and cultural development, and fifth, permanent sovereignty over natural resources. ”
"As far as the Occupied Palestinian Territory is concerned, there are well-documented and widely recognized facts that Israel's continued occupation of the Palestinian territories and its persistent oppression of the Palestinian people have seriously undermined and impeded the exercise and realization of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. ”
"China believes that the temporary and non-sovereign nature of belligerent occupation determines that the occupying Power cannot acquire territorial sovereignty through belligerent occupation. Under no circumstances can belligerent occupation legally produce annexation effects. The statute of limitations under international law does not apply to belligerent occupation. It has been 57 years since Israel occupied Palestine, but no matter how long it exists and how time passes, it cannot change the nature of the illegal occupation or the sovereignty of the occupied territories. ”
"The question of Palestine derives from the "mandate" system of the League of Nations, which goes beyond the scope of bilateral affairs between Palestine and Israel and is directly related to the responsibilities of the United Nations in the area of international peace and security. The United Nations has a 'permanent responsibility' for the question of Palestine. ”