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-Wednesday 21 February 2024: I was prevented from seeing the proceedings in the International Court of Justice in Den Haag yesterday. Having just seen the whole proceedings of today’s statements by Colombia, Cuba, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and the USA; I think it is of importance to note that USA hardly mentioned the legality of the occupation in itself.

 

Instead, USA mostly focused on the Israeli «need for security». What about the Palestinian need for security? This is what is in question here. Instead of saying anything about the legality of Israel’s occupation, USA wanted to emphasize the need for «negotiations» and «land for peace»!

 

USA’s statement was just talking beside the point and should therefore not be considered much by the court in this legal matter.

 

No, today it was the statements and powerful performances of the women that impressed me - certainly Andrea Jiménez Herrera (Colombia) and especially Jasmine Moussa (Egypt). Here I will therefore highlight the presentations of Colombia and Egypt.

 

These are words that matter.

  

International Court of Justice: Day 3 hearing on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories (publ. 21 February 2024) [Video]

  

International Court of Justice: Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem [Transcripts and Documents]

  

Ms JIMÉNEZ HERRERA: [COLOMBIA]

 

I. INTRODUCTION

 

1. Mr President, Members of the Court, it is a great honour for me to address the Court, on behalf of the Republic of Colombia, in these proceedings.

 

2. Our presence here today bears witness to Colombia’s tradition of respect for international law. But it also reflects Colombia’s deep concern about the incidents that regularly occur between the State of Palestine and the State of Israel, exacerbated after the horrific events taking place since 7 October 2023, which have unleashed a cycle of violence that has only worsened an already calamitous situation, causing the death of more than 27,000 civilians and thousands of wounded.

 

3. Colombia rejects any recourse to violence or unilateral acts that lead to a higher level of confrontation. We also believe that holding States accountable for violating international law,

especially when their actions bring about dire humanitarian consequences, is a sign of respect for the rule of law.

 

4. Colombia has expressed before and reiterates today that the occupation of the Palestinian

territory is a violation of international law and is contrary to the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.

 

5. Furthermore, as the Court itself stated in the Construction of a Wall Opinion, it is clear that both Israel and Palestine have the obligation to abide by international law, and to respect and ensure respect for international humanitarian law and human rights law within the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Both States also need to implement in good faith all relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions.

 

6. Additionally, Colombia fully shares the Court’s view in its Advisory Opinion on the Construction of a Wall, to the effect that the United Nations, and the General Assembly in particular, need to redouble efforts to encourage a negotiated solution to the outstanding problems, on the basis of international law, and with the purpose of the establishment of a fully viable Palestinian State, existing side by side with Israel and its neighbours, fostering peace and security in the region.

 

7. Nearly two decades after that landmark decision was issued, and in light of the gravity of the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the advisory opinion to be rendered by the Court in these proceedings shall provide much needed guidance to the United Nations system and third States in order to continue supporting both States reaching a solution through dialogue and based on mutual respect.

 

8. Colombia thus considers that, through its advisory opinion, the Court can contribute to clarifying the law, especially the rules governing the consequences of violations to peremptory norms of international law — namely, rules of jus cogens and erga omnes obligations — and to specific legal régimes which are the concern of all of mankind.

 

II. JURISDICTION OF THE COURT

 

9. Mr President, I will begin by referring to the issue of the jurisdiction of the Court to render the requested advisory opinion.

 

10. By virtue of Article 65, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the Court, two requirements must be met for the Court to have jurisdiction to give an opinion: (i) there must be a formal request from a body duly authorized by the United Nations Charter, or in accordance to it, to make such a request, and (ii) the question put before the Court must be a legal question.

 

11. It is undisputed that the General Assembly is one of the bodies authorized to make such a request, in line with Article 96, paragraph 1, of the Charter and that the decision of the General Assembly to submit the questions contained in resolution 77/247 was adopted in accordance with its rules of procedure and by the required majority. A significant number of Member States — including Colombia — decided it was important for the General Assembly to receive guidance on the questions put to the Court. Therefore, the request observes the first requirement.

 

12. The second requirement, namely that the question put before the Court be a legal one, is also complied within the present case. Indeed, in your jurisprudence, particularly, for example, in the Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion, you have clarified that a question is a legal one when “the Court is asked to rule on the compatibility of the [request] with the relevant principles and rules of international law”. In other words, questions “framed in terms of law and rais[ing] problems of international law”, whereby the Court is asked to identify and apply principles and rules of international law, qualify as questions of a legal character.

 

13. Colombia considers that the questions raised in resolution 77/247 are indeed framed in legal terms, since they request the Court to determine the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of the State of Israel, a Member State of the United Nations, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to ascertain how those actions affect the legal status of the occupation. Those questions are to be answered through the application of rules of international law and therefore constitute legal questions which could form the basis of a request for an advisory opinion.

 

14. Thus, in the opinion of Colombia, the Court has jurisdiction to respond to the questions contained in resolution 77/247.

 

III. PROPRIETY

 

15. Mr President, I will now focus on the question of propriety. In this respect, while Article 65, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the Court, gives the Court discretionary power to give or not an advisory opinion that has been requested from it, in its case law the Court clarified certain important points, namely:

 

(i) that the Court may give an advisory opinion should be interpreted to mean that the Court has always a discretionary power to decline to give an advisory opinion, even if the conditions of jurisdiction are met; and

 

(ii) the Court is always mindful of the fact that its answer to a request for an advisory opinion represents its participation in the activities of the Organization, and, in principle, should not be refused.

 

16. While certain States have expressed opposition to the request by the General Assembly, the reasons argued are, for the most part, quite similar to those dismissed by the Court in its Advisory Opinion on the Construction of a Wall. In that case the Court decided to render the requested Opinion as, in its own words “[d]ifferences of views . . . on legal issues have existed in practically every advisory proceeding”. Colombia posits that the Court’s thorough reasoning then, soundly grounded on its long-standing jurisprudence, is directly applicable to the current request.

 

17. Consequently, Colombia considers that the Court should reach the same conclusion in the present proceedings, that is, that it can and will exercise jurisdiction, and that there are no compelling reasons for it to use its discretionary power not to render an opinion.

 

18. Hence, Colombia invites the Court to pronounce the law on the legal consequences arising out of serious breaches of peremptory norms of general international law and thus assist the General Assembly in the proper exercise of its functions; the United Nations in discharging its responsibilities in this matter, originating, as the Court recalled, in the Mandate and the Partition resolution concerning Palestine; and all States who possess an interest in the protection of erga omnes obligations.

 

19. Mr President, an additional important circumstance that should be factored in by the Court when deciding as to the propriety of rendering its advisory opinion is that the situation in the Palestinian occupied territory has changed drastically since the request was transmitted to the Court in January 2023.

 

20. On 7 October of the same year Israel was the victim of a horrifying attack by Hamas. We all know the scale and the magnitude of Israel’s reaction to the attack. The Court itself has already been confronted with the veritable map of horror and devastation which the Gaza Strip has become, as a result of the total war and scorched-earth policies unleashed by the Government of Israel.

 

21. Indeed, in several passages of its Order of 26 January concerning provisional measures in the case brought by South Africa against Israel on 29 December 2023, the Court took judicial notice of some details of this dire situation. To quote just one of such passages, in the Court’s own words:

 

“The Court considers that the civilian population in the Gaza Strip remains extremely vulnerable. It recalls that the military operation conducted by Israel after 7 October 2023 has resulted, inter alia, in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries and the destruction of homes, schools, medical facilities and other vital infrastructure, as well as displacement on a massive scale . . . The Court notes that the operation is ongoing and that the Prime Minister of Israel announced on 18 January 2024 that the war ‘will take many more long months’. At present, many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have no access to the most basic foodstuffs, potable water, electricity, essential medicines or heating.”

 

22. Evidently, the factual matrix of that case and the background of these advisory proceedings are not identical and, in particular, the request by the General Assembly has a wider scope than South Africa’s Application in at least two respects:

 

(i) in that the requested advisory opinion refers to the policies and practices of Israel in the whole Palestinian Occupied Territory and not only in the Gaza Strip; and

 

(ii) in that it covers all actions that Israel carries out in such territory and not only the actions and omissions by State agents that, according to the Applicant in the contentious case, amount to genocide.

 

23. But the point remains that those policies and practices — which in Colombia’s view contravene essential norms of international law — have taken a turn for the worse as a result of Israel’s military campaign unfolding in Gaza, today a place of death and despair that, in the words of an impartial source, “has simply become uninhabitable”.

 

24. Colombia respectfully submits that the Court should not underestimate the fact that the situation in Gaza has become more deadly over the past months and, therefore, the legal

consequences of such actions must be even more serious today than in the world we were living before this bloodshed started.

 

25. Against that distressing background, and for all the reasons explained above, the Government of Colombia, in line with its policy of pursuing Total Peace both within and beyond its borders, calls upon the Court to avail itself of the opportunity to clarify legal aspects that may pave the way for the parties to resume a fruitful discussion and achieve peace, and support the General Assembly to better assist them in that purpose.

 

IV. VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

 

26. Mr President, let me address now the questions submitted to the Court by the General Assembly. The questions relate to the legal consequences arising

 

(i) from Israel’s ongoing violation of the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people as a result of its prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, and

 

(ii) for all States and the United Nations from this ongoing occupation.

 

27. In order for the Court to rule on those questions, it must first determine

 

(i) whether Israel is violating the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people, and

 

(ii) whether Israel’s prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of the Palestinian territory since 1967 is in violation of international law.

 

An answer in the affirmative to both questions will then enable the Court to address the ensuing legal consequences.

 

28. With regard to the first issue, as mentioned, in the Wall Advisory Opinion the Court stated that Israel is bound to comply with its obligation to respect the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and, in doing so, it is obliged to respect international humanitarian law and international human rights law. The General Assembly routinely reaffirms such right by means of an annual resolution on the matter.

 

29. Regarding the second point, Israel’s prolonged occupation and further annexation of the Palestinian territory is in manifest violation of the rule of international customary law which clearly prohibits the acquisition of territory by force. It also blatantly ignores the United Nations Charter and the findings of this Court in its Advisory Opinion on the Wall case.

 

30. An occupation that includes the annexation de facto of the occupied territory amounts, in Colombia’s view, to an illegal acquisition of territory by use or threat of force, and to a denial of the right of self-determination. Furthermore, the occupation violates peremptory norms of general international law. In addition, as the Court recalled in its 2004 Advisory Opinion, Israel’s policies and practices involving the establishment of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are contrary to the terms of Article 49, paragraph 6, of the Fourth Geneva Convention, to which Israel is a party.

 

31. Given that the Israeli occupation has since its onset been acquisitive in nature and, consequently, its policies and practices in furtherance of that occupation have resulted in imposed persecution, racial discrimination and apartheid over the Palestinian people, it can only be found to be in breach of various international legal obligations incumbent upon Israel.

 

V. LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE VIOLATIONS

 

32. Mr President, with regard to the consequences of those violations, Colombia is of the view that Israel’s actions contrary to international law engage its responsibility and therefore entail distinct legal consequences.

 

33. First of all, Israel is obliged to cease its violations and to return to a situation of compliance with the obligations it has breached. Consequently, Israel is bound to put an end to the prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of the Palestinian territory. It must do so unconditionally, immediately and completely. It must cease the continuing internationally wrongful acts, and should offer appropriate assurances and guarantees of non-repetition. Israel also must respect international humanitarian law and international human rights law vis-à-vis the Palestinian people.

 

34. Moreover, Israel must make reparations for the damage caused. The Court’s jurisprudence on the essential forms of reparation in customary law is clear. Israel likewise has an obligation to compensate, in accordance with the applicable rules of international law, all natural or legal persons having suffered any form of material or immaterial damage as a result of its occupation upon the Palestinian territory.

 

35. Israel has also violated erga omnes obligations, and as the Court indicated in the Barcelona Traction case, such obligations are by their very nature “the concern of all States” and “in view of the importance of the rights involved, all States can be held to have a legal interest in their protection”.

 

36. Given the character and the importance of the rights and obligations involved, it follows that all States are under an obligation not to recognize the illegal situation resulting from the

occupation of the Palestinian territory. They are also under an obligation not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by such occupation. As the Court has asserted, “it is also for all States, while respecting the United Nations Charter and international law, to see to it that any impediment to the exercise by the Palestinian people of its right to self-determination is brought to an end.”

 

37. Finally, Colombia believes that States must co-operate within the multilateral framework of the United Nations. In the present situation, the Organization, and especially the General Assembly and the Security Council, should consider what further and urgent action is required to bring to an end the illegal situation resulting, in the instant request, from Israel’s illegal occupation. The Court’s guidance is crucial for that purpose.

 

VI. CONCLUSION

 

38. Mr President, to conclude: Colombia respectfully calls upon the International Court of Justice to give the advisory opinion requested by the General Assembly. Ultimately, what is at stake here is ensuring the safety and, indeed, the very existence of the Palestinian people, bearing in mind the real and imminent risk of irreparable prejudice to the rights of Palestinians as a consequence of Israel’s occupation, as has been fully documented by international agencies, United Nations organs, and even recently recognized by the Court itself.

 

39. As the Court stated two decades ago, and one of its Members recently recalled, “the United Nations has a permanent responsibility towards the question of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects in a satisfactory manner in accordance with international legitimacy”, and so does the Court, as the principal judicial organ of those United Nations.

 

Thank you, Mr President, Members of the Court. This concludes my presentation on behalf of the Republic of Colombia.

 

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Ms MOUSSA: [EGYPT]

 

1. Mr President, distinguished Members of the Court, it is my great honour and privilege to appear on behalf of the Arab Republic of Egypt in this advisory opinion of historical importance in which the General Assembly is once again seeking the Court’s guidance in respect of the question of Palestine. This comes against the backdrop of a 75-year history of displacement, dispossession, collective punishment, and daily, indiscriminate and systematic violence and human suffering of untold proportions.

 

2. Mr President, as we speak, Israel’s brutal onslaught continues to rage in occupied Gaza, where 29,000 innocent civilians have been killed and almost 2.3 million people forcibly transferred and displaced, in violation of international law. Israel is deliberately and wantonly creating conditions of life that are intended to make like in Gaza impossible, imposing siege and starvation including by impeding humanitarian access and the distribution of relief through constant obstruction and bombardment. With the impending attack on Rafah, where 1.4 million people have sought refuge, Israel is continuing its policy of mass forcible expulsion of Palestinian civilians, all while the Security Council repeatedly fails to call for a ceasefire, in callous disregard for Palestinian life.

 

3. Simultaneously, Israel is continuing its illegal practices in the West Bank, scaling up attacks, access restrictions, punitive house demolitions and supporting settler violence that has displaced entire communities. Increased settlement activity continues to erode the basis for a two-State solution, dimming prospects for a lasting peace in the region.

 

4. These ongoing, grave violations of international law by Israel - the occupying Power - are part of a wider policy that seeks to dispossess the Palestinians of their land and assert Israeli sovereignty over it. This is manifestly illegal and renders the occupation, as a whole, unlawful.

 

5. It is shocking that, at this critical moment, some States would rather see this Court abscond its responsibility — as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations - by declining to render this advisory opinion. What message does this send about these States’ respect for international justice and the rule of law?

 

6. Mr President, I will focus my statement on four main points, namely:

 

(1) the Court’s jurisdiction and competence;

 

(2) the legal framework for assessing Israel’s prolonged and illegal occupation, which violates non-derogable principles of international law;

 

(3) the purported justifications of self-defence or military necessity; and

 

(4) finally, I will conclude on the legal consequences and a summary of each of the submissions.

 

7. First, on the matter of jurisdiction and competence, the small number of States objecting to the Court’s exercise of jurisdiction have variously argued that the request is politically motivated, instrumentalizes the Court, circumvents the consent of Israel, covers too vast a scope or will prejudice the peace process and negotiations between the parties.

 

8. Let me recall that the Court has repeatedly and consistently rejected such arguments. In the Kosovo Advisory Opinion, the Court did not concern itself with the motives which may have inspired the request or the political implications of its Opinion. Since the General Assembly is duly authorized under Article 96 (1) of the United Nations Charter, and brought forth its request through a validly adopted resolution, the request, in the Court’s own words, “in principle, should not be refused”. In the Nuclear Weapons and Chagos Advisory Opinions, the Court refused to second- guess the decision of the General Assembly, stating that it “has the right to decide for itself on the usefulness of an opinion in the light of its own needs”.

 

9. Distinguished Members of the Court, the General Assembly has turned to this august Court with what is manifestly a legal question, seeking a legal answer that would indisputably assist in discharging its functions. Allow me to recall that this very Court in the Wall Opinion affirmed the United Nations’ “permanent responsibility towards the question of Palestine” until such time as it may be “resolved in all its aspects in a satisfactory manner in accordance with international legitimacy”.

 

10. In the Wall Opinion, the Court found no merit in the proposition — echoed by some in these proceedings - that the ongoing negotiations constituted a compelling reason to decline its competence. It reached a similar conclusion in the Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion, after noting that its opinion would “have relevance for the continuing debate on the matter in the General Assembly and would present an additional element … on the matter“.

 

11. Indeed, rather than prejudicing the peace process, the present advisory opinion serves not just as an “additional” element but rather an “essential” one for the General Assembly to continue to carry out its role in relation to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This is absolutely critical given the complete absence of any real prospect for a peaceful solution.

 

12. The Court could not possibly turn its back on this wealth of jurisprudence or disregard the many compelling reasons for it to honour the General Assembly’s request, as summarized so aptly by the representative of Palestine. The Middle East region yearns for peace and stability and a just, comprehensive and lasting resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, based on the principles of international law, and the establishment of a viable Palestinian State on the pre-1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The legal determination by the Court in the present advisory opinion is indispensable to guide the General Assembly and the international community to achieve this objective.

 

13. Second, Mr President, I turn to the question of the ongoing violation by Israel of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, from its prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967.

 

14. Distinguished Members of the Court, Palestine has been subjected to the longest protracted state of occupation in modern history, as well as de facto and de jure annexation that confirm the unlawful nature of the occupation.

 

15. Israel’s persistent policy of implanting settlements in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem for the purpose of creating facts on the ground and breaking up the territorial contiguity of the occupied territories, is a blatant disregard for international law. Twenty years ago, the representatives of the State of Palestine laid before this Court the facts of Israel’s intensive settlement and colonization policy, which had, at the time, transferred 400,000 illegal settlers to the occupied Palestinian territories. Today, that number stands at 750,000, deliberately and permanently altering the status of the occupied territories.

 

16. In addition to the policy of de facto annexation, Israel purported to annex East Jerusalem de jure through the Basic Law adopted by the Israeli Knesset in 1980, stipulating “Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel”.

 

17. The very limited number of States defending these policies advance two principal claims, namely that “the legal status of occupation” does not change if the occupation is prolonged or involves illegal violations of jus in bello and that under jus ad bellum, Israeli occupation is lawful since, inter alia, relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions did not declare otherwise.

 

18. Egypt submits that the proposition that occupation is, merely, a de facto situation whose legality cannot be called into question is seriously flawed. As highlighted by a number of participants, the legality of an occupation must be assessed by reference to the United Nations Charter and general international law.

 

19. In fact, Israel’s prolonged occupation violates a number of distinct legal régimes that exist and operate simultaneously and concurrently. These include:

 

(1) the law of occupation, part of the jus in bello, that is characterized by this Court as “intransgressible”;

 

(2) the jus ad bellum and the peremptory prohibition of the acquisition of territory through force;

 

(3) the principle of self-determination, also a peremptory norm of international law, described by this Court as erga omnes and “irreproachable” in the East Timor case; and

 

(4) the fundamental prohibition of racial discrimination, segregation and subjugation.

 

20. It is against this legal framework that the legality of Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories must be assessed.

 

21. First, with respect to the jus in bello, it is a fundamental principle of international law that an occupying Power is prohibited from changing the status of the occupied territory, as well as its annexation, in whole or in part. It is only entitled to exercise limited powers, intended to be temporary in nature, with the aim of balancing between its own military needs and the protection of the local inhabitants. These are not rights bestowed on the occupying Power, but rather limitations on its authority.

 

22. It flows from this that belligerent occupation is governed by two key principles. First, it is a temporary régime and, second, it cannot transfer sovereignty to the occupying Power. Rather, it freezes the legal order of the occupied territory throughout the duration of the occupation. The occupying authority is merely a de facto administrator, a principle intended to protect both the inhabitants of the occupied territory, as well as “the separate existence of the State, its institutions and its laws”. This is reflected in Article 47 of the Fourth Geneva Convention and is precisely what “distinguishes occupation from annexation”.

 

23. The prohibition of permanently changing the occupied territory extends also to its demographic component. Article 49 of the Fourth Convention prohibits “individual or mass forcible transfer” of civilians outside the occupied territory; and the transfer by the occupying Power of “parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies”. According to the 1958 Commentary, this was intended “to prevent a practice adopted during the Second World War by certain Powers, which transferred portions of their own population to occupied territory for political and racial reasons or in order, as they claimed, to colonize those territories”.

 

24. As demonstrated in Palestine’s statement, there is overwhelming evidence that Israeli support for and maintenance of settlements is intended to permanently alter the demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and extend Israeli sovereignty over it. This is coupled with Israel’s mass forcible transfer and forced displacement of the Palestinians in Gaza, through its illegal evacuation orders and indiscriminate use of force, which has been labelled by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as “ethnic cleansing”.

 

25. It should be highlighted that Article 49 not only prohibits forced transfers, but also, in the Court’s own words, “any measures taken by an occupying Power in order to organize or encourage transfers of parts of its own population into the occupied territory”.

 

26. Numerous resolutions of the General Assembly and Security Council affirmed the illegality of Israel’s settlements, annexation and measures altering the demographic composition, character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem - considering them invalid and a flagrant violation of the Fourth Convention, while requiring Israel to desist from such practices.

 

27. Security Council resolution 298 stated that “all legislative and administrative actions taken by Israel to change the status of the City of Jerusalem, including expropriation of land and properties, transfer of populations and legislation aimed at the incorporation of the occupied section, are totally invalid and cannot change that status”.

 

28. The Security Council also declared in relation to Jerusalem - in resolution 478 (1980) - that Israeli “legislative and administrative measures . . . are null and void . . . and must be rescinded forthwith”. Israel remains in defiance of these and subsequent resolutions, including resolution 2334 (2016) and numerous General Assembly resolutions in addition to the provisions of the Geneva Conventions previously described.

 

29. Israel’s prolonged military rule and its strategic settlement policy, considered a “national value” under Israeli legislation, is essentially a systemic “de-Palestinianization” of the occupied territory, including Jerusalem, intended to permanently change its demographic characteristics, and enhance its Jewish component, thereby achieving the de jure and de facto annexation of that territory. This leads to the conclusion that Israeli occupation is, in fact, an illegal annexation, conquest and de facto colonial endeavour.

 

30. Mr President, the second legal principle by which the legality of Israel’s occupation is to be assessed, is Article 2 (4) of the Charter of the United Nations, which prohibits the acquisition of territory through force; one of the most fundamental principles of the post-UN Charter era.

 

31. The vast majority of States participating in these proceedings submit that Israeli occupation - by virtue of its permanence, de jure and de facto annexation - manifestly violates the principle of inadmissibility of acquiring territory through force. Only one State has attempted to justify Israel’s actions, by contesting the Palestinians’ title to the occupied territories and justifying Israel’s territorial expansion as the product of a defensive war.

 

32. Egypt submits that these claims have no basis in fact or in law and seek to derail the Court by raising issues outside the temporal scope of this request. They are reminiscent of the archaic international law of the nineteenth century that justified territorial conquest through denying the sovereign status of colonized peoples, relegating them to the realm of terra nullius.

 

33. There is, also, no support for the proposition that Israel was acting defensively in 1967. International law recognizes neither pre-emptive nor preventive self-defence and the terms of the United Nations Charter on this matter are clear, requiring an armed attack to occur in order to trigger the right of self-defence. Israel’s attack in 1967 was, therefore, not a defensive but an aggressive war.

 

34. Even if the claim of self-defence were valid — which clearly is not the case — a decades-long occupation is not reconcilable with the customary international law conditions of necessity, immediacy and proportionality. In any event, the issue is a moot one, as it is universally recognized that a State may not gain title to territory through any use of force, regardless of its purported legitimacy.

 

35. These claims also find no basis in Security Council resolution 242, which unequivocally recognized the inadmissibility of acquiring territory through force, demanding Israel’s withdrawal from territories occupied in the recent conflict and emphasizing the duty of all States to act in accordance with Article 2 (4) of the Charter. Resolution 242 was reaffirmed by resolution 338, while the inadmissibility of territorial acquisition through force was confirmed in at least nine subsequent Security Council resolutions. In fact, resolution 471 clearly stated, as far back as 1980, the overriding necessity to end the prolonged occupation of the Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967 including Jerusalem.

 

36. In Egypt’s view, it is clear that under international law, the territorial status of the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip cannot lawfully be altered through armed conflict. Israel’s protracted occupation, which is coupled with measures to permanently change the demographic characteristics of the occupied territory, and annex parts of the land de facto and de jure in violation of the cardinal principle of the prohibition of the acquisition of territory through force, is therefore, illegal per se and an ongoing violation of international law.

 

37. Distinguished Members of the Court, the third legal principle against which Israel’s

conduct must be assessed is self-determination. Egypt submits that Israel’s indefinite occupation amounts to a nullification and denial of the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination.

 

38. It is indisputable, that this right — enshrined in Article 1 (2) of the United Nations Charter and both human rights Covenants ÿ is a cardinal principle in modern international law. Its erga omnes character, confirmed by the Court in the East Timor case, entails that all States and international organizations have a legal interest and a duty in respecting and protecting this right.

 

39. This Court already affirmed in the Wall Advisory Opinion the applicability of this right to the “Palestinian people”.

 

40. Mr President, Israel’s indefinite occupation of the Palestinian territories is as a whole inconsistent with the principle of self-determination and breaches three salient aspects of this principle. First, it obstructs the Palestinian people from freely determining their political status, achieving independent statehood, sovereignty and the right of return.

 

41. Second, it deprives Palestinians of their right to pursue their economic, social and cultural development. In gross breach of international law, Israel restricts Palestinians’ access to Jerusalem’s Christian and Muslim holy sites, notably Al-Aqsa Mosque, wantonly depletes Palestinian natural resources, imposes access restrictions to “Area C” and obstructs the movement of goods and people between the West Bank and Gaza, stunting Palestine’s economy and impeding the geographical unity of the State of Palestine.

 

42. Third, the fragmentation and dismemberment of the occupied territories, through Israel’s settlements policy, the wall and measures of de facto and de jure annexation, are a blatant violation of the fundamental principle of the integrity of the self-determination unit. The territorial unit of Palestine includes both the West Bank, including the Holy City of Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Although Israel withdrew its forces from Gaza in 2005, it still retains effective control by, inter alia: exercising complete control over Gaza’s airspace and territorial waters; the flow of people and goods in and out of Gaza; the Palestinian population registry; and the tax policy and transfer of tax revenues. Israel’s continuing military incursions into Gaza, including the ongoing brutal assault, indicate

Israel’s continuing authority over the territory. Together, the West Bank and Gaza constitute a single territorial unit. This has been confirmed by numerous Security Council resolutions which refer to Gaza as an integral part of the territory occupied in 1967 and of the Palestinian State under the two-State solution.

 

43. Egypt firmly denounces the ongoing obstruction of the Palestinian people’s inalienable, permanent and unqualified right to self-determination, a violation - as argued by Palestine - that is an “essential feature” of Israel’s prolonged occupation.

 

44. One only needs to look at Israel’s vicious, wholesale destruction of Gaza today, after years of imposing the medieval methods of siege and blockade, to realize the extent of Israel’s transgression of this principle. Israel’s prolonged occupation is therefore illegal, per se, and is an ongoing, internationally wrongful act that must be immediately brought to an end by Israel, by immediately ending the occupation.

 

45. The fourth legal principle against which Israel’s conduct must be assessed is the fundamental prohibition of racial discrimination, segregation and subjugation.

 

46. On a daily basis, under occupation, Palestinians face institutionalized discrimination and segregation under a dual legal system, applying different laws to Palestinians and Israelis. Israeli military orders in the occupied territories entrench racial discrimination between Palestinians and Israeli settlers. Israel also implements de facto and de jure measures of racial discrimination, including in the areas of detention, criminal justice, housing, land confiscations and house demolitions. How can such practices - which have been described by a number of participants as “crimes against humanity” - how can they be consistent with any notion of human rights and human dignity in the 21st century?

 

47. Israel is under an obligation to repeal all such legislation that maintains its systematic, oppressive and institutionalized policy of racial discrimination and segregation against the Palestinian people, and to cease all discriminatory policies and practices.

 

48. I now turn to whether self-defence or military necessity may justify Israel’s prolonged occupation.

 

49. The argument that a State may exercise self-defence against a territory under its own military occupation and effective control is counter-intuitive, particularly since the occupying State has the authority and even the obligation to “ensure public order and safety” in the occupied territory.

 

50. In the Wall Advisory Opinion, this Court found that Article 51 of the Charter, which recognizes the inherent right of self-defence, had no relevance, as the acts invoked by Israel were acts arising out of the occupied Palestinian territory, which is under Israeli effective control and not imputable to another State. Egypt finds no reason for the Court to depart from this considered Opinion in the current proceedings.

 

51. The Court also rejected the justification of military necessity. The modern conception of military necessity is strictly limited to the contexts in which it is expressly recognized. It is thus already considered in the formulation of the obligations set out in humanitarian conventions, some of which “expressly exclude reliance on military necessity”.

 

52. For example, no military necessity qualification is permitted under Article 49 (6) of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits the transfer of any part of the occupying Power’s civilian population into an occupied territory. This cannot be justified as a safety measure taken by Israel in the exercise of its prerogatives as an occupying Power.

 

53. According to the legal maxim ex injuria jus non oritur, one should not be able to profit from one’s own wrongdoing. Israel thus cannot invoke self-defence to maintain a situation created by its own illegal conduct, or to justify violations of peremptory norms of international law.

 

54. Distinguished Members of the Court, for how much longer do the Palestinian people need to wait before they are able to exercise their legitimate rights under international law? For how much longer will the United Nations continue to manage the humanitarian impacts of Israeli violations, without addressing their root cause? History will judge us for how we respond today.

 

55. Egypt respectfully submits that the Court should advise the General Assembly that:

 

(1) the prolonged Israeli occupation is, per se, a continuing violation of international law for its breach of: (i) the jus in bello; (ii) the prohibition of the acquisition of territory through force; (iii) the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people; and (iv) the prohibition of racial discrimination, segregation and subjugation.

 

(2) Israel — as the wrongdoing State - is obliged to make full reparation through restitution, compensation and satisfaction, either singly or in combination, by ceasing immediately and unconditionally its unlawful occupation of Palestinian territory, and rescinding the associated unlawful policies and practices of annexation, settlements and discriminatory legislation.

 

(3) All States have a duty not to recognize the illegal situation created by Israel’s ongoing violation, resulting from its prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of the occupied territory, and not to render aid or assistance in maintaining that situation.

 

56. Mr President, the consequences of Israel’s prolonged occupation are clear, and there can be no peace, no security, no stability, no prosperity in the Middle East, without upholding justice and the rule of law for the Palestinian people. I thank you.

 

The PRESIDENT: I thank the delegation of Egypt for its presentation. Before I invite the next delegation to make its oral statement, the Court will observe a break for 10 minutes. The sitting is suspended.

 

The Court adjourned from 11.25 a.m. to 11.40 a.m.

OiOS 151a 9 OiOS Desktop

Imagine a UNIX based Enterprise Operating System, a scalable universally collaborative stable business platform capable of running on x86 Systems. Delivering support for Cloud enterprise features, ZFS file systems, Virtualisation, Advanced Security, and Compatibility. Enabling you to build new possibilities, enter new markets and harness human relationships in Open Source across the world. Whether you are a Systems Administrator, Recreational User or Information Technology Professional, OiOS supports the new economics of highly creative, diversified ways of doing business, and building networks.

 

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Imagine a UNIX based Enterprise Operating System, a scalable universally collaborative stable business platform capable of running on x86 Systems. Delivering support for Cloud enterprise features, ZFS file systems, Virtualisation, Advanced Security, and Compatibility. Enabling you to build new possibilities, enter new markets and harness human relationships in Open Source across the world. Whether you are a Systems Administrator, Business, or Information Technology Professional, OiOS supports the new economics of highly creative, diversified ways of doing business, and building networks.

 

OiOS 151a9 Increased migration by world exchanges financial exchanges to Unix and Linux opens development to stock trading platform giving more opportunities to run software on more stable Unix platforms. (See separate project for sparc systems)

 

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The Mozilla Public License - almost 2.0 (part 1)

The new MPL

 

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I recently went on the way home to a Washington State Department of Commerce Community Workshop for a land use Compatibility Guidebook to help folks both civilian and military work better together in Washington State. Really appreciate my professional correspondence with its leader Deneah Watson, so please enjoy these photos responsibly.

 

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Finnish Army Soldiers taking part in Exercise Arctic Sheild: The aim of the exercise was to develop the performance of the ground in arctic conditions, to test the skills of a trained group and to increase compatibility with Swedish soldiers December 2018

 

Photo: Maavoimat - Armén - The Finnish Army

 

I recently went on the way home to a Washington State Department of Commerce Community Workshop for a land use Compatibility Guidebook to help folks both civilian and military work better together in Washington State. Really appreciate my professional correspondence with its leader Deneah Watson, so please enjoy these photos responsibly.

 

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Finnish Army Soldiers taking part in Exercise Arctic Sheild: The aim of the exercise was to develop the performance of the ground in arctic conditions, to test the skills of a trained group and to increase compatibility with Swedish soldiers December 2018

 

Photo: Maavoimat - Armén - The Finnish Army

 

Tokyo Soramachi of outlook floor is of the view is good, but the chemistry of the fish-eye lens is bad.

Indoor lighting is reflection, wall reflection, will be sad photo.

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Notes: during the 1960s and 1970s cinema slides incorporated cut sheets of processed photographic film mounted between two sheets of plain glass, a technique that took advantage of advances in colour photography and was cheaper than using layers of glass. The slide dimensions were kept the same to ensure compatibility with existing projection equipment.

 

Format: glass cinema advertising slide, 82mm / 3½ inches square

 

Date Range: 1960s - 70s

 

Location: the original butcher shop was located at 43 main St, Lithgow, link below - www.property.com.au/nsw/lithgow-2790/main-st/43-pid-2507282/

 

Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.

 

Repository: Blue Mountains Library - library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au

 

Part of: Local Studies Collection - LS Images, Cinema collection

 

Provenance: Alan Smith worked as a projectionist at the Victory Theatre in Blackheath, the Savoy Theatre in Katoomba and the Liberty Theatre in Leura; also at theatres in Windsor and Gosford.

 

Links: www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/preserving-glass-slides-part-1

 

FITTLER AND GEDDES (Edward J. Fittler and Roy Geddes), 43 Main-st., Lithgow,... Dun's gazette for New South Wales - Butchers. On 1/7/43 George H. Fittler became a member. Reg. 8/10/43. nla.gov.au/nla.obj-769054308/view?sectionId=nla.obj-77638...

 

All Lithgow Meat Is Declared Black (1946, May 1). Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved November 10, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219617274

 

ALLEGED CATTLE DUFFING (1934, March 29). Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), p. 2 (TOWN EDITION). Retrieved November 10, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21959873

 

INDUSTRIAL MAGISTRATE'S COURT (1939, January 25). Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved November 10, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219635536

 

IMPORTANCE OF RECORDS (1944, November 15). Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), p. 4 (TOWN EDITION). Retrieved November 10, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220809808

 

Butchers Must Make Home Deliveries-- Says Minister (1949, February 17). Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), p. 2 (CITY EDITION). Retrieved November 10, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220836332

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I recently went on the way home to a Washington State Department of Commerce Community Workshop for a land use Compatibility Guidebook to help folks both civilian and military work better together in Washington State. Really appreciate my professional correspondence with its leader Deneah Watson, so please enjoy these photos responsibly.

 

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SAL50F14 features the same optical design as its minolta ancestor (and likely the same coating, too). However, unlike the old minolta counterpart, sony added compatibility with ADI Flash metering and AF-D on the SLT-A99

 

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Development

 

Studio Suite

 

Utilizing tools that the director has at hand, the Studio Suite is the system that can run a full production show. Utilizing some of the same software as the Filmer's Suite but adding the ability to synchronize video feeds from different camera sources, automatic color correction between cameras with video sync, works with virtually any camera, WIFI compatibility with audio and video sources and/or direct network, connection to other video sources over the Internet, can be used for presentation displays, record up to 3 HD sources at one time per server, clear slo-mo playback expansion packs depending on camera specs, adaptable to any type of usage, and works with Office 365 SharePoint or any SharePoint setup by using custom templates that can be installed and work with this suite.

 

Low Cost

 

Software for server should be low, no more than $99 per server and license, $299 for pro pack expansion (to be decided later).

 

Mobile phone software should be free, but cannot be used with the main software or access to the Office 365/SharePoint account. FREE

 

AnyCam Amateur Rack - connects any camera or video sources, transmitting via WIFI or network to the server. $99

 

GUEST Smartphone video can be synced with file-name entries and time code. FREE

 

- a separate mobile phone download can be used for this setup if a guest smartphone cam is used. FREE

 

Remote Tripod will connect to the AnyCam Amateur Rack or SereDev compatible cameras. $129 for amateur, $299 for pro.

 

SereDev cameras can cost anywhere between $399 and $10,000 depending on feature, manufacturer, and cost.

 

AnyCam Pro Rack can connect to the camera controls for remote camera use. $199

 

A mic can be instantly wireless via WIFI with WIFI Audio connectivity.

 

A/D inputs can be used with use of third party devices, we will help set this up if needed.

 

Lights

 

Compatible with DMX controllers.

 

Music

 

If there is a band who uses USB keyboards and devices, no need to mic the instruments. MIDI wireless and USB wireless can be used to control just about any sound pack available. The performer can use a tablet or smartphone to change sound, voice, pitch, and effect, or it can be programmed to follow a beat that can be preset to change automatically for concert venues.

 

Compatibility

 

Even though Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 tablets will be the selling point for this, the software utilizing HTML5 can be used on iOS devices and Android.

 

Smartphones

 

Limited control to the entire studio depending on the permissions settings in Office 365/SharePoint site.

 

Tablets

 

Full controls utilizing the touch screens to control audio, lights, video switching, etc. Depending on budget, multiple tables can be used as switch boards.

 

Analog Control Feel

 

Also USB controlled mixing boards and light boards can also be used for those who are into knobs and levers.

 

Venues

 

Churches, concerts, live events, studios, etc.

 

WIFI

 

Settings up a chain of WIFI nodes may be needed for large venues making sure that the WIFI is covered. Traditional WIFI should be okay. Commercial WIFI will be provide more security. For smartphone broadcast and sharing from guest, a separate WIFI can be setup for open WIFI to capture guest video live.

 

Guest Smartphone - for live events, this will be a cool feature. If a user is directed to an app store, utilizing Microsoft Tag app link, it will direct the user to the downloads page to their OS app store. It will be a Guest Smartphone App. After installing the app, there will be a prompt asking the user to remind of uninstall in a set amount of hours. On a large sign at the live venue, all the user has to do is connect to the local WIFI. It will be recommended that the WIFI is connected to the Internet so to not cut off the users normal data. If the public WIFI is not available, then a QR Code can then be used to direct the users to a launch file that will launch the app. The video is then recorded into the phone's SD card where the default location for storing video is set and transmitted to the server. The server can record all video coming from the camera directly. If the director chooses, the director can place the video live in the feed.

 

In editing, because three HD feeds can be recorded at the same time, the director can always edit out the footage without pain because of the synced time code within the video file itself.

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The significant reduction in weight compared to a conventional main battle tank makes the CV-120A1 well suited for rapid response units, both because of increased movement speed and compatibility with modern medium/heavy transport planes.

DoubleClick for Publishers Small Business (AKA. DFP) is a free to use ad server owned by Google/DoubleClick. We have used many ad servers and have found DFP is best combination of:

  

+ Monetization capability

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The above list sounds great, but the biggest reason that DFP excels past the rest is: Google Ad Exchange dynamic allocation. No ad server in the world can setup dynamic allocation to the level DFP can. That is because both are Google owned.

  

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KODAK T-MAX400 / Compard R09 One Shot (Rodinal compatibility), 1+25

Development

 

Studio Suite

 

Utilizing tools that the director has at hand, the Studio Suite is the system that can run a full production show. Utilizing some of the same software as the Filmer's Suite but adding the ability to synchronize video feeds from different camera sources, automatic color correction between cameras with video sync, works with virtually any camera, WIFI compatibility with audio and video sources and/or direct network, connection to other video sources over the Internet, can be used for presentation displays, record up to 3 HD sources at one time per server, clear slo-mo playback expansion packs depending on camera specs, adaptable to any type of usage, and works with Office 365 SharePoint or any SharePoint setup by using custom templates that can be installed and work with this suite.

 

Low Cost

 

Software for server should be low, no more than $99 per server and license, $299 for pro pack expansion (to be decided later).

 

Mobile phone software should be free, but cannot be used with the main software or access to the Office 365/SharePoint account. FREE

 

AnyCam Amateur Rack - connects any camera or video sources, transmitting via WIFI or network to the server. $99

 

GUEST Smartphone video can be synced with file-name entries and time code. FREE

 

- a separate mobile phone download can be used for this setup if a guest smartphone cam is used. FREE

 

Remote Tripod will connect to the AnyCam Amateur Rack or SereDev compatible cameras. $129 for amateur, $299 for pro.

 

SereDev cameras can cost anywhere between $399 and $10,000 depending on feature, manufacturer, and cost.

 

AnyCam Pro Rack can connect to the camera controls for remote camera use. $199

 

A mic can be instantly wireless via WIFI with WIFI Audio connectivity.

 

A/D inputs can be used with use of third party devices, we will help set this up if needed.

 

Lights

 

Compatible with DMX controllers.

 

Music

 

If there is a band who uses USB keyboards and devices, no need to mic the instruments. MIDI wireless and USB wireless can be used to control just about any sound pack available. The performer can use a tablet or smartphone to change sound, voice, pitch, and effect, or it can be programmed to follow a beat that can be preset to change automatically for concert venues.

 

Compatibility

 

Even though Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 tablets will be the selling point for this, the software utilizing HTML5 can be used on iOS devices and Android.

 

Smartphones

 

Limited control to the entire studio depending on the permissions settings in Office 365/SharePoint site.

 

Tablets

 

Full controls utilizing the touch screens to control audio, lights, video switching, etc. Depending on budget, multiple tables can be used as switch boards.

 

Analog Control Feel

 

Also USB controlled mixing boards and light boards can also be used for those who are into knobs and levers.

 

Venues

 

Churches, concerts, live events, studios, etc.

 

WIFI

 

Settings up a chain of WIFI nodes may be needed for large venues making sure that the WIFI is covered. Traditional WIFI should be okay. Commercial WIFI will be provide more security. For smartphone broadcast and sharing from guest, a separate WIFI can be setup for open WIFI to capture guest video live.

 

Guest Smartphone - for live events, this will be a cool feature. If a user is directed to an app store, utilizing Microsoft Tag app link, it will direct the user to the downloads page to their OS app store. It will be a Guest Smartphone App. After installing the app, there will be a prompt asking the user to remind of uninstall in a set amount of hours. On a large sign at the live venue, all the user has to do is connect to the local WIFI. It will be recommended that the WIFI is connected to the Internet so to not cut off the users normal data. If the public WIFI is not available, then a QR Code can then be used to direct the users to a launch file that will launch the app. The video is then recorded into the phone's SD card where the default location for storing video is set and transmitted to the server. The server can record all video coming from the camera directly. If the director chooses, the director can place the video live in the feed.

 

In editing, because three HD feeds can be recorded at the same time, the director can always edit out the footage without pain because of the synced time code within the video file itself.

I recently went on the way home to a Washington State Department of Commerce Community Workshop for a land use Compatibility Guidebook to help folks both civilian and military work better together in Washington State. Really appreciate my professional correspondence with its leader Deneah Watson, so please enjoy these photos responsibly.

 

PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com

"Lantana Sphere"

 

One of the reasons that I employ mirrorless cameras, as part of my tools of the trade: a HUGE array of backwards-compatibility with old cine lenses.

 

Cine lenses (particularly those with a c-mount design) ... vintage remnants from the bygone era of 8mm and 16mm reel-to-reel motion picture format ... are finding a new lease (and resurrection) on life, thanks to the advent of mirror-less cameras which have a shorter FFD (flange focal distance), hence making these old "legacy lenses" backwards compatible with new digital technology while retaining infinity-focus of the native lens.

 

(Such an adaptation is not possible to accomplish with traditional SLR and DSLR cameras employing a mirror-box/optical filter design, because this results in a larger FFD due to the added space that these components take up. Therefore, mounting 8mm/16mm-format cine lenses on traditional SLR/DSLR camera bodies will not permit infinity-focus; meaning, their entire range of focusing will be crippled, and only permit for a limited degree of macro photography. Not so, when it comes to mirrorless cameras which have a smaller FFD, and hence permit an adapted cine lens to retain its entire focus range).

 

What's more, many of these re-purposed vintage cine lenses, which can be had for a mere pittance, can possess remarkably good resolution, extremely "fast" f-ratios for their focal lengths, and in some cases an interesting rendering of OOF (out-of-focus) regions of the photograph.

 

One such example is the Bell & Howell-made Super Comat 1-inch (25mm) F/1.9 cine lens - which exhibits a curious "swirly" bokeh/background blur (most strongly apparent when shot with the aperture wide-open at F/1.9), while rendering surprisingly sharp foreground subjects at such an aperture setting.

 

This "swirly background" phenomenon is due to what is known as 'Petzval Field Curvature' - a very specific type of optical aberration. But, as you can see by this image example, some of these optical "imperfections" can be considered a unique form of "character" for certain lens which generate these effects, and thus can be exploited in creative, surprising, and pleasing ways that are otherwise impossible to derive from more modern and "perfect" lens construction.

 

Indeed, the art of photography is not always about having a "flawless" lens. On the contrary, some "design flaws" inherent to more vintage lenses can be advantageous when implemented in certain ways.

 

____________________________

 

~ Location: Como, Mississippi

 

~ Camera: Olympus E-P2 (Micro-4/3 mirrorless system).

 

~ Lens: Bell & Howel/Super Comat 1-inch (25mm) F/1.9 cine lens, in c-mount. All-manual focusing and aperture setting.

 

~ Settings: ISO 100, Effective Focal length 50mm (25mm x 2, due to the 2x crop factor of a Micro-4/3 sensor), Shutter 1/2500 sec (photographed in partial shade!)

 

Additional notes: Minimal image editing/processing. Only a few moderate adjustments made to the photo, using a nudge of the shadow/highlight curve sliders and vibrance slider, in Photoshop Elements 10.

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Body Compatibility

 

- Inithium Kupra Original, Bimbo, Low

 

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I recently went on the way home to a Washington State Department of Commerce Community Workshop for a land use Compatibility Guidebook to help folks both civilian and military work better together in Washington State. Really appreciate my professional correspondence with its leader Deneah Watson, so please enjoy these photos responsibly.

 

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A new lens in my bag. Damn, it's bloody heavy!

 

Full description about compatibility issue between the Canon EOS5D mkII and the Sigma 400mm/5.6 here www.flickr.com/photos/dominique_filippi/3618888258/in/set...

Fits within any standard RJ-45 outlet.

ORNL-led studies evaluated the compatibility of fueling infrastructure materials with test fuels representing various formulations of ethanol-blended gasoline, ranging from 10 to 85 percent ethanol. Shown here, materials specimens were exposed to the test fluid(s) in a large stainless steel tank with stainless steel hardware (stir chamber), then subjected to multiple tests after fluid exposure.

 

Olympus has given its red dot award-winning compact flagship added appeal with a lens and design upgrade that makes it more powerful, easier to use, easier to hold, and more stylish. The new STLYUS 1s comes with the latest STYLUS 1 firmware, which adds compatibility with wide-angle to deliver greater focal range with constant brightness, starting with the impressive wide-angle potential of 22.4mm* and extending right up to 510mm* telephoto shots.

Teams from ESA and NASA worked during the week of 19 July 2013 at a Zurich, Switzerland, facility owned by ESA’s industrial partner RUAG to conduct compatibility testing between the Ladee orbiter terminal and the ESA ground station terminal. The NASA team, supported by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, brought over their laser terminal simulator, while ESA together with RUAG and Axcon of Denmark set up the European equipment to test compatibility between the two sets of hardware. All images credit: ESA

The Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The liftoff of the huge 363-feet tall Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle was at 7:00:01 a.m. (EST), Nov. 9, 1967. The successful objectives of the Apollo 4 Earth-orbital unmanned space mission obtained included (1) flight information on launch vehicle and spacecraft structural integrity and compatibility, flight loads, stage separation, subsystem operation, and (2) evaluation of the Apollo Command Module heat shield under conditions encountered on return from a moon mission.

 

Highly entertaining & informative discussion at:

 

forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=41286.0

 

AND...I was fortunately able to find the basis and I guess "provenance" of both the photo and the wonderful inscription:

 

"...Congressman Jack Brinkley who was then [1954] an Air Force pilot stationed at Lawson Field at Fort Benning. The Cl19G [C-119G] was commonly referred to as the Flying Boxcar and replaced the C46's which had been stationed at Lawson Field. They were used primarily for parachute drops and for cargo.

 

The 776th Troop Carrier Squadron to which Congressman Brinkley was then attached was assigned on a temporary duty basis later that year to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at Frankfurt, Germany. The Squadron ferried its own airplanes to Rhein-Main via the northern route from Dover Air Force Base to Newfoundland to BW-l (Bluie West 1) at Greenland; to Keflavik, Iceland, Scotland then direct to Germany.

 

Between Iceland and Greenland, the airplane piloted by Captain Knold and Lt. Brinkley sustained an explosion in the right engine. The cowling was blown away with severe shrapnel damage along the side and in the vertical and horizontal stabilizers. Limping along over the North Atlantic Ocean all cargo was jettisoned.

 

With one engine feathered and the other at top speed for 2 1/2 hours, the plane was piloted safely back to Greenland down a fjord and to a safe landing. The conditions were IFR, the weather below freezing, but the joy at overcoming the adversity was a matter of esprit for the entire Squadron, many of whom had heard the Mayday.

 

The plane's number was AF 5912 with the lead plane carrying Lt. Col. Maynard Ashworth, to-be and former publisher of The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer."

 

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I recently went on the way home to a Washington State Department of Commerce Community Workshop for a land use Compatibility Guidebook to help folks both civilian and military work better together in Washington State. Really appreciate my professional correspondence with its leader Deneah Watson, so please enjoy these photos responsibly.

 

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Members of Hera’s testing team prepare for electromagnetic compatibility testing during the mission’s pre-flight test campaign at ESA’s Test Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

 

Hera is ESA’s first mission for planetary defence. Due for launch in October 2024, Hera will fly to the Didymos binary asteroid system in deep space to perform a close-up survey of the Dimorphos moonlet in orbit around the primary body. The Great-Pyramid-sized Dimorphos is already historic, as the first Solar System object to have its orbit changed by human activity, by the 2022 impact of NASA’s DART mission.

 

Hera is intended to gather crucial missing data about Dimorphos for scientists, to turn DART’s grand-scale experiment into a well-understood and potentially repeatable planetary defence technique. To increase its yield of data, Hera carries with it ESA’s first deep space CubeSats, carrying additional instruments and planned to fly closer to the asteroid’s surface than the main spacecraft, before eventually landing.

 

Part of Hera’s testing was documented for the spacecraft team by photographer Max Alexander, who specialises in science communication through photography.

 

Credits: Max Alexander/ESA

 

There might be a way to redesign the middle bogie pivot to allow R40 compatibility. I just don’t know how. May look into it in the future.

 

The circles aren’t centered on the 4 x 4 black round plates because the side bogies’ pivots aren’t centered between the axels. This reduced how far the middle bogie would have to slide out.

 

My Tokyo Marui extended magazine for my CYMA replica of the Glock 18C.

 

This answers a compatibility question concerning the TM & CYMA versions of the Glock, TM products do fit the Chinese made clone OK. The fit isn't absolutely perfect, there is a tiny bit of wobble, but I will fix this with a sliver of plastic card to hold the mag steady.

 

What did surprise me was the plastic construction of this mag. The original CYMA mag - seen in the photo - is metal and adds a nice balanced feel to the pistol. Perhaps a full metal extended mag would have added too much weight to the back end of the AEP, it would be interesting to find out if the CYMA extended mag is plastic or metal.

 

The extended magazine holds 100 rounds, and so makes this a great little CQB gun.

 

TM mag is £21.50, while the CYMA clone of this mag is just £14.50. I'm now tempted to get one of the CYMA extended mags in order to make a direct comparison.

 

By the way, everywhere I have read about these magazines it has been suggested that you lube them to help with efficient feeding.

 

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2016 has been the year of “plus”–nearly every mountain bike manufacturer in the world has released a skinny-fat offering in its lineup. And while this new category of 3-inch-wide tires still needs to figure itself out, I can at least feel confident in saying that it’s great for trail hardtails.

  

Read more at www.bikemag.com/gear/bikes/trail-bikes-gear/jamis-dragons...

 

The Jamis Dragonslayer is the company’s latest addition to its line of steel hardtails, and it’s built for capability, durability and flexibility. Its 4130 chromoly tubing is triple butted for weight reduction and ride feel, and the frame features sliding dropouts for singlespeed compatibility. Since it is an obvious choice for bikepacking, it’s outfitted with rack mounts and a 3-hole bottle mount, and the traditional double triangle design means it’ll fit a large frame bag.

 

As for geometry, some of the Dragonslayer’s numbers are right where you’d expect them for a modern trail bike designed around a 120-mil fork, with 68- and 73-degree head and seat angles respectively and 17.2-inch chainstays. But the 19-inch size sports a 16.7-inch reach coupled with stock Ritchey Trail 720-mil bars and 80-mil stem, which could be considered conservative these days. The Dragonslayer might be perfect for riders not interested in running crazy short stems on super long frames, which is the way mountain bike fit is trending.

 

The 3-inch “plus-size” Vittoria Bomboloni tires mounted on WTB i45 TCS 27.5 rims provide oodles of traction in places where you’d expect none–a huge asset on the marbles-over-hardpack conditions at Bootleg canyon. They also grant an impressive amount of floatation in sand without feeling sluggish like a fatbike. They seemed pretty tough, too. I bottomed the tires hard enough to dent the rim at one point, without flatting or burping–and they survived the sharp, rocky terrain of Bootleg Canyon, which is a feat in and of itself.

 

Overall, I had an enlightening and fun ride on the Dragonslayer. Each slippery corner and technical climb came and went with increasing ease, and with surprisingly little compromise. And with a $2,700 price tag, it’s a bargain, too.

  

Read more at www.bikemag.com/gear/bikes/trail-bikes-gear/jamis-dragons...

  

www.bikemag.com/gear/bikes/trail-bikes-gear/jamis-dragons...

  

2016 has been the year of “plus”–nearly every mountain bike manufacturer in the world has released a skinny-fat offering in its lineup. And while this new category of 3-inch-wide tires still needs to figure itself out, I can at least feel confident in saying that it’s great for trail hardtails.

 

image: www.bikemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Jamis-Dragonsl...

 

Jamis Dragonslayer

 

The Jamis Dragonslayer is the company’s latest addition to its line of steel hardtails, and it’s built for capability, durability and flexibility. Its 4130 chromoly tubing is triple butted for weight reduction and ride feel, and the frame features sliding dropouts for singlespeed compatibility. Since it is an obvious choice for bikepacking, it’s outfitted with rack mounts and a 3-hole bottle mount, and the traditional double triangle design means it’ll fit a large frame bag.

 

As for geometry, some of the Dragonslayer’s numbers are right where you’d expect them for a modern trail bike designed around a 120-mil fork, with 68- and 73-degree head and seat angles respectively and 17.2-inch chainstays. But the 19-inch size sports a 16.7-inch reach coupled with stock Ritchey Trail 720-mil bars and 80-mil stem, which could be considered conservative these days. The Dragonslayer might be perfect for riders not interested in running crazy short stems on super long frames, which is the way mountain bike fit is trending.

 

The 3-inch “plus-size” Vittoria Bomboloni tires mounted on WTB i45 TCS 27.5 rims provide oodles of traction in places where you’d expect none–a huge asset on the marbles-over-hardpack conditions at Bootleg canyon. They also grant an impressive amount of floatation in sand without feeling sluggish like a fatbike. They seemed pretty tough, too. I bottomed the tires hard enough to dent the rim at one point, without flatting or burping–and they survived the sharp, rocky terrain of Bootleg Canyon, which is a feat in and of itself.

 

Overall, I had an enlightening and fun ride on the Dragonslayer. Each slippery corner and technical climb came and went with increasing ease, and with surprisingly little compromise. And with a $2,700 price tag, it’s a bargain, too.

  

Read more at www.bikemag.com/gear/bikes/trail-bikes-gear/jamis-dragons...

  

2017 Jamis Dragonslayer 27.5+

 

The good old steel hardtail receives a technology injection

 

April 18, 2015 By Ryan Palmer

 

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The 2017 Jamis Dragonslayer–a plus-size version of the company’s popular Dragon steel hardtail–will be hitting the trails later this summer with a whole lot of extra grip. Plus-size seems to be the theme here at his year’s Sea Otter Classic, with many of the top mountain bike manufacturers showing off their baby fat offerings for the first time. So why does everyone seem to be slapping 3-inch tires on bikes all at once? Boost 148, which made its debut on Trek’s Remedy 29 last year, was designed to create a stiffer, stronger 29-inch wheel–but it opened up a Pandora’s box of new bike design. The wider rear-end required bringing the chainrings out by a few millimeters, which gave bike designers much more real estate to play with. So people got creative, and tires and forks became available. All of a sudden, a new category was born.

 

2017 JAMIS DRAGONSLAYER |

  

It turns out that 3-inch tires are bringing forth the rebirth of the hardtail, and with it, a whole new beginning of mountain biking. When people started riding off-road, it was purely for fun. Since then, we somehow let things get serious on us. What better way to get back to our mountain biking roots than with a steel hardtail? With trail geometry and the added grip and confidence that plus-size tires bring to the table, we imagine the Dragonslayer will be a full-on grin machine. You can be sure that we’ll be throwing a leg over one when it becomes available later this year.

  

The Dragonslayer uses a now relatively narrow 73-millimeter standard English-threaded bottom bracket shell, so serious shaping is needed to get that wide, Boost 148 rear-end attached to the shell. It looks like Jamis was proud enough of its sleek chainstay yoke to slap some 3D branding on it. As you can see, tire clearance won’t be a problem on the Dragonslayer. The bike comes stock with the Vittoria Bombolini 27.5×3.0-inch tires pictured, with plenty of room for the wheel to come forward in the Dragon’s horizontal drops. Its 17.1-inch chainstays should be stubby enough for most riders as well.

  

The Dragonslayer comes spec’d with solid parts all around. Shimano supplies the brakes and drivetrain with a mix of Deore and SLX, while the bike rolls on WTB Scraper i45 rims.

  

Shimano is supporting Boost 148 now too, even though it was born from a Trek and SRAM partnership. This is good for everyone because for the price, you can’t beat the shift performance of Shimano’s mid-range groups.

  

Though its name hints at the bike’s trail-destroying nature, Jamis equips the Dragonslayer for the long slog too–rack mounts are provided for the adventurer in all of us.

 

Read more at www.bikemag.com/gear/2016-jamis-dragonslayer-27-5/#Di4z8j...

 

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Visit of members of the CHEOPS science team and consortium to the Test Centre at ESA's technical centre in The Netherlands in September 2018, while the satellite was undergoing acoustic and radio-frequency compatibility tests.

 

Image credit: ESA–A. Conigli