Israel will not take part in the International Kangaroo Court of Arab Justice hearings on the legality of the security fence: Israel Opts Out of World Court Hearings.

Israel has challenged the world court’s authority to rule on the barrier, arguing that the issue is being manipulated for political ends.

A Sharon adviser, Zalman Shoval, said earlier Thursday that “the court should not be consigned to rule on political issues and this is clearly a political issue.”

Alan Baker, the Foreign Ministry’s legal adviser, said Israel had already made its views known in writing.

“After having examined all the written statements that were submitted by other countries, Israel does not feel it has anything to add,” he said. “Israel has decided not to accept the invitation.”

However, Israel will apparently not stay on the sidelines entirely.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has said it will send spokespeople to the world court. The Israeli rescue service ZAKA wants to display the mangled skeleton of a Jerusalem bus outside the court to illustrate the threat of terrorism.