Is Israel Breaking the Law in the West Bank?

EXPLAINER: The occupation is unfair to the Palestinians and the settlements are foolish, but Israel's security concerns are real and legality is not the issue.

Fresh from examining claims of genocide in Gaza, the International Court of Justice in the Hague has just spent a week considering whether Israel’s occupation of and Jewish settlement in the West Bank and Jerusalem are illegal under international law.

Most countries seem to think so, and people everywhere are obsessed by Israel and the Palestinians, so t…