The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its advisory opinion on the legality of the Israeli occupation in light of the occupying state committing genocide against the Palestinian people, along with the escalation of arrest campaigns throughout all occupied territories and the increase in crimes committed by the occupation and its settlers against Palestinians. Despite the significance of what the ruling stated regarding the illegality of the Israeli occupation, and that the occupying state is under an obligation to end its unlawful occupation of the Palestinian territory as rapidly as possible, the ruling did not directly address the illegality of the arrest of Palestinians by the occupying state or their trial before unlawful courts. In light of this advisory opinion, how are the arrest and trial of Palestinians under Israeli military orders or criminal laws considered illegal?

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