JERUSALEM, July 10 (UPI) -- With the U.S. promising to veto Israeli sanctions, the battle over Israel's security fence will go to the United Nations, the Jerusalem Post said Saturday.
The U.N. General Assembly could debate the matter as early as this week, the Post reported.
Arab nations plan to ask the U.N. General Assembly to condemn Israel and force the destruction of its fence based on the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which said that its construction in the territories and in east Jerusalem is illegal and must be stopped.
Ambassador Yahya Mahmassani, the Arab League's representative at the United Nations said, "Israel is in violation of international law, of international legitimacy, and the General Assembly now will be called upon to look into this matter."
Justice Minister Yosef Lapid said Israel will ignore the ICJ's opinion and will continue to construct the fence according to the dictates of its High Court of Justice, which only last month established the legal criteria for the project.
