Jakarta, May 1 -- Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono emphasized that Israel's continued violations and disregard for its international obligations had cost the Palestinian people their rights to self-determination.

"Israel's failure to fulfill its obligations has prevented the Palestinian people from exercising their basic rights as a nation, including the right to self-determination," Sugiono stated in his press statement on Thursday after delivering Indonesia's advisory opinion before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday (April 30).

The minister underscored that Palestinians have the right to live peacefully in their homeland and to determine their political, socioeconomic, and cultural future.

Sugiono noted that t...