In 2004, the @CIJ_ICJ asserted the duty to establish, as soon as possible, a #Palestinian state. The Court was of the view, at the time, that negotiations between the parties would (likely?) resolve outstanding problems on the basis of international law. It was not the case. 
April 2014 was the last attempt at bilateral (indirect) negotiations, after which #Israel abandoned even the appearance of trying to bring its belligerent occupation of #Palestinian territory to an end.
Towards the end of the month, #UNGA77 will address the question of #Palestine back to the @CIJ_ICJ, cognizant of the #Israeli government determination to continue its occupation - and with it the subversion of #Palestinian self -determination - perpetually.
The @CIJ_ICJ could not consider bilateral negotiations with an entrenched and pariah #Israeli government as adequate in securing a politically independent and permanently sovereign #Palestinian state. It will likely consider other pacific measures towards the same goal.
Mediation, conciliation or arbitration are likely modalities the Court would consider as preferable with the end goal remaining the same, the realization - in full and without further delay - of #Palestinian self -determination, which is their inalienable right.
The @CIJ_ICJ will also address the legality of a prolonged #Israeli occupation, adapting a test such as the one developed by @MichaelLynk5 that would expose the acquisitive and abusive purpose of prolonging the occupation, in violation of peremptory norms of international law.
The @CIJ_ICJ would likely opine, as in #Chagos, that the obligation to de-colonize occupied #Palestinian territory is an obligation erga omnes, an obligation in which all states have an interest, and an entitlement to adopt lawful measures towards immediate effect.
It is so decided!
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