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Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left), U.S. president Bill Clinton (center), and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat (right), during the signing of the Oslo Accords, September 13, 1993.

The ICJ’s ruling that international law protects the rights of Palestinians, and they need not negotiate with their oppressors for those rights, dealt a definitive blow to decades of Western efforts to situate Israel outside the reach of the law.

Office of Governor Tim Walz (Flickr)

Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate for November. Walz was chosen over Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, who had been criticized for his attacks on pro-Palestinian student protesters.