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MSNBC News Services July 09, 2004 THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Arab nations will ask the U.N. General Assembly next week to urge the destruction of the barrier that Israel is building to seal off the West Bank following Friday's ruling by the International Court of Justice. "This decision calls on Israel to destroy this wall and desist from further actions," said Ambassador Yahya Mahmassani, the Arab League's representative at the United Nations.

"Israel is in violation of international law, of international legitimacy, and the General Assembly now will be called upon to look into this matter." ...........Mahmassani said Arab nations would send a letter either Friday or Monday to request a meeting of the General Assembly to implement the court's decision.
Israel has to destroy this wall' "We'll ask what the court had decided - Israel has to destroy this wall," he said. "It is illegitimate. It's in violation of international law."		assembly = meeting barrier = wall rule = decide desist = stop violation = breaking the rules	urge = push seal off = close call on = request representative = envoy, agent legitimacy = right, power implement = put into practice
At the Palestinians' request, the General Assembly asked the world court in December for its opinion on the legality of the barrier - a 425-mile complex of concrete walls, razor-wire fences, trenches and watch towers. About one-fourth has been completed, much of it close to the pre-1967 border, but some dipping into the West Bank.			legality = right look into = study complex = set of buildings illegitimate = wrong
The world court ruled the barrier violated international law and urged the United Nations to take action to halt its construction. Israel's U.N. Ambassador Dan Gillerman denounced the non-binding advisory opinion, accusing the court of failing to recognize that the barrier had reduced terrorist attacks against Israelis by 90 percent.			take action = make a start halt = stop denounce = blame, accuse advisory = voluntary fail = refuse recognize = realize, admit
	"The real barrier between Israel and the Palestinians is not this fence. The real barrier is the rein of terror being waged by the Palestinians and their evil leadership," he told a news conference, adding that when there is peace with the Palestinians, the barrier would be removed. Friday's lengthy and complex decision by the world court was read by court president Shi Jiuyong of China.
"The court accordingly finds that the construction of the wall, and its associated regime, are contrary to international laws," the court said.	rein = control, use terror = fear, shock waged = paid conference = meeting, talk removed = cut off, detached accordingly = so associated = linked, related regime = government