The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold public hearings next week on the U.N. General Assembly's request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations toward international organizations, many whom have lost members to Israeli aggression, in occupied Palestine.

According to a statement from the U.N., the hearings will be "on the obligations of Israel in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organizations and third States in and in relation to the occupied Palestinian territory."

Forty states and four international organizations have expressed their intention to participate in court proceedings, the statement says, which starts Monday and runs until Friday, May 2 at the Peace Palace in the Hague.

Last year, the Israeli government passed a law banning UNRWA from operating in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, both under illegal Israeli occupation, and prohibited any Israeli state agency from having any contact with the vital humanitarian organization, hindering its abilities to provide services for Palestinian refugees.

Israeli authorities regularly accuse the U.N., the international body responsible for drawing up the lines that created the State of Israel at the end of the British Mandate, of working against it. During a speech to its General Assembly in September 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the U.N. a "swamp of antisemitic bile."

According to Times of Israel, the Israeli government has described the proceedings against its legislation as a “distorted process” whose outcome was “predetermined,” and will not be presenting its arguments in oral pleadings before the court.

It did, however, file a written submission to the ICJ in which it detailed what it said were the connections of UNRWA employees to Hamas, an accusation that led to several major donors pausing funding to the organization at a time when Palestinians were in dire need of humanitarian support.

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague also ruled on Thursday that an additional hearing will be held to address Israel's argument that the court lacks jurisdiction to investigate Israeli citizens suspected of committing war crimes, according to a report from Haaretz.

However, the chamber also ruled that the arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will remain in effect, rejecting Israel's request to suspend them.