RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian law schools in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip will boycott the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition organized by Tetra Tech DPK on the grounds that it is funded by the US government. The Dec. 23 decision came in the wake of US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The competition is the largest moot court competition in international law, with participants from hundreds of law schools in 95 countries. It is held in the United States every March, and Palestine had been taking part in it for seven years.