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| January 5, 2015
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Israeli NGO Files 3 War Crime Lawsuits Against PLO Leadership at the ICC

These 3 new complaints, levied against PLO leaders Rajoub, Faraj & Palestinian Prime Minister Hamdallah follow Shurat Hadin’s previous complaints against Hamas leader Mashaal and PA President Mahmoud Abbas.

By Gil Ronen

 

Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Center) has filed three more war crimes suit against Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officials in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.

Nitzana Darshan-Leitner – Photo Courtesy: Shurat Hadin

The NGO says that while the Palestinian leadership can be indicted for terror acts carried out from 2002 onward, Israel can only be indicted for deeds done from the day the PLO joined the Rome Statute – the request to join was signed last week.

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| January 5, 2015
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Mahmoud Abbas to Use Gaza War as Test-Case Against Israel at ICC

Video icon JPEGNetanyahu says “IDF soldiers will continue to defend Israel with determination & strength, and as they defend us, we will defend them, with the same determination & the same strength.”

By i24news

 

The first case the Palestinians will refer to the International Criminal Court will be Israel’s actions during this summer’s Gaza war, a legal expert said Sunday.

Israel's Prime Minister & Foreign Minister - Photo Gali Tibbon AFP

Israel’s Prime Minister & Foreign Minister – Photo: Gali Tibbon / AFP

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas opted to turn to the ICC after losing a motion last week in the UN Security Council to set a 2017 deadline for a Palestinian state to be established in land occupied by Israel in 1967. Continue Reading »

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| December 16, 2014
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Palestinian Ambassador to UN: We’ll Join ICC to Prosecute Israel

The Palestinian’s UN envoy addressed the member-states declaring that PA leadership plans on joining the ICC “at an appropriate time.”

By Elad Benari

 

The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) UN envoy, Riyad Mansour, told member-states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a first address on Monday that the Palestinians plan to join the ICC “at an appropriate time.”

Riyad Mansour

Riyad Mansour – Reuters

Mansour made the address after the PA was given the status of observer state to the assembly of states parties to the ICC. The PA has yet to formally apply to join the 122-member court.

“The time to join will be decided by our leadership at an appropriate time,” Mansour said, according to the AFP news agency.

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| December 9, 2014
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Palestine newest observers at International Criminal Court

New status is said to be first step toward joining the world’s international war crimes tribunal in order to later press charges against Israel for alleged war crimes.

By The Associated Press

 

The Palestinians have become observers at the summit meeting of the 122 countries that are members of the International Criminal Court, a move they say is a step toward joining the world’s permanent war crimes tribunal.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Sept. 22, 2014.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas acknowledges the audience after delivering a speech at Cooper Union, Sept. 22, 2014.- Photo: AP

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to seek membership in the ICC in order to press charges against Israel for alleged war crimes. Continue Reading »

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| November 10, 2014
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Complaint Filed Against Palestinian President Abbas in ICC for War Crimes

Israeli civil rights firm accuses PA of multiple war crimes at ICC by exploiting Abbas’s Jordanian citizenship – and using evidence Fatah boasted about being involved in Gaza war.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and the International Criminal Court (ICC) have made headlines again Monday – but this time, it is Israel who is being vindicated on the global scale.

Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center, an Israeli based civil rights organization announced today that they filed an unprecedented war crimes complaint against Abbas in the ICC.

The complaint states that the Fatah faction was responsible for numerous rocket attacks on Israeli cities during this past summer’s Gaza war, making Abbas personally liable for the terrorist groups’ criminal acts. Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2014
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ICC Decision: Int’l Court Rejects Request to Investigate Mavi Marmara Raid By Israel Navy

International Criminal Court lawyers at the Hague, ruled maritime incident  beyond their jurisdiction, though IDF may have committed war crimes during Mavi Marmara raid.

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International prosecutors have ruled there are grounds to believe war crimes were committed during an Israeli raid that killed nine Turkish activists in 2010, but decided the case is beyond their remit, according to court papers seen by Reuters.

The Hague, International Criminal Court. – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

The move by lawyers at the International Criminal Court is likely to enrage Ankara which accused its erstwhile ally Israel of mass murder after the commandos abseiled onto a flotilla challenging an Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. Continue Reading »

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| October 15, 2014
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Palestinians’ envoy to the Netherlands hopes to avoid taking Israel to the ICC

‘Going to the International Criminal Court is the finale divorce,’ says Nabil Abuznaid, ‘I don’t think Palestinians & the Israelis are ready for a final divorce.’

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JTA — Loading a newly released video of a beheading in Syria on his smartphone, Nabil Abuznaid, the Palestinians’ ambassador here in The Hague, shakes his head in disbelief.

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Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki (left) at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. – Photo: AFP

“Look at those animals,” he says, referring to the fighters from the Islamic State jihadist group who carried out the decapitation. “Do you think Israelis are immune from this craziness?

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| October 8, 2014
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Implications for Israel: 1st ‘Head of State’ appears before Int’l Criminal Court

 

The President of Kenya’s appearance before the ICC removes obstacles which may have previously blocked Palestinians from successfully getting the court to take on cases against Israeli military & political leaders.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

Kenya’s president attended a hearing at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, making him the first sitting world leader to appear in The Hague-based court.

Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) appears before the ICC in The Hague October 8, 2014. – Photo: REUTERS

The implications of the case for the ICC’s overall power and its ability to pressure top leaders from countries, possibly in the future including Israel, cannot be underestimated.

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| September 28, 2014
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Islamic 57-Nation Organization Lobby Palestinians to Petition the ICC

OIC secretary-general says 57-nation bloc supports PA President Abbas’ joining the International Criminal Court so it can prosecute Israelis for war crimes, crimes against humanity & genocide.

By Associated Press

 

 

The world’s largest bloc of Islamic countries has been lobbying the Palestinians to join the International Criminal Court so it can prosecute Israeli politicians and military leaders for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, the bloc’s leader said Saturday.

Gaza school damaged by IDF strikes (Photo: Reuters)

Gaza school damaged by IDF strikes – Photo: Reuters

Iyad Madani said the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation strongly supports Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ plan to ask the UN Security Council to impose a deadline for an Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian lands. Continue Reading »

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| September 12, 2014
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PA threats of ICC investigation of Israeli war crimes charges appears to be bluff

 

An Al Jazeera report based on leaked confidential letters, indicate that the ICC “did not receive a positive confirmation” from the Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister, Riad Malki, to go ahead with a war crimes investigation.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The Palestinian Authority has prevented war crimes investigators from probing actions by Israel and Hamas during Operation Protective Edge, the Qatar-based pan-Arab news network Al Jazeera is reporting on Friday.

Beit Hanun gaza

A Palestinian looks out from the remains of his house in Beit Hanun, a town in the northern Gaza Strip. – Photo:REUTERS

Citing a confidential letter signed by the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor, Al Jazeera is reporting that the ICC “did not receive a positive confirmation” from the Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister, Riad Malki, to go ahead with a war crimes investigation that was originally requested by the PA’s justice minister. Continue Reading »

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| September 5, 2014
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Fatah: Palestinians are ready to charge Israel in The Hague

Fatah official says PA president Abbas is presenting his diplomatic plan to the international community and applying for International Criminal Court membership.

The U.S. is apparently not on board.

By i24news

 

The Palestinians are ready to go ahead and apply for International Criminal Court membership and take Israel to the court, Senior Fatah official Mohammed Ashtiya declared Thursday, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 23, 2014 – Photo: Pool/AFP

“The indictment against Israel at the International Criminal Court and all the accompanying documents are ready,” Ashtiya, a Fatah Central Committee member, said at a press conference in Ramallah. Continue Reading »

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| September 3, 2014
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Criminal Suit Filed Against Hamas’ Khaled Mashal at the ICC for War Crimes

Israel Law Center charges Hamas’ chief  with war crimes at the Hague court for executing 38 Palestinian civilians without trial for allegedly being Israeli collaborators in Gaza. 

By Aviel Magnezi

 

The Shurat Hadin Israel Law Center has filed a criminal suit with the International Criminal Court in The Hague against Hamas’ political leader Khaled Mashal for the execution of some 38 Palestinians during the Gaza conflict.

Hamas' executions

Hamas’ executions

The suit was made possible due to Mashal’s Jordanian citizenship. Jordan is a member of the court.

The organizations chairwoman, lawyer Nitsana Darshan-Leitner explained that “the (ICC) is required to exercise its authority in any case in which a citizens of a member nation has allegedly committed a war crime.” Continue Reading »

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| August 23, 2014
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Hamas pledges to back Palestinian bid for International Criminal Court membership

Abbas gets Hamas backing to sign Rome Statute; ICC membership would allow both Israel & Hamas to war crimes investigations.

By i24news

 

Hamas has signed a proposal for the Palestinians to apply to join the International Criminal Court at which legal action could be taken against Israel, a senior official of the Islamist movement said Saturday.

A woman walks up to the offices of the International Criminal Court in the Hague on July 1, 2002 ( Robin Utrecht (ANP/AFP/File) )

the International Criminal Court in the Hague – Photo: Robin Utrecht (ANP/AFP/File)

“Hamas signed the document which (Palestinian) president (Mahmud Abbas) put forth as a condition that all factions approve, before he goes to sign the Rome Statute, which paves the way for Palestine’s membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC),” Hamas deputy leader Mussa Abu Marzuq wrote on his Facebook page. Continue Reading »

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| August 18, 2014
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‘The Guardian’: U.S. pressuring ICC to not open war crimes probe against Israel

‘The Guardian’ quotes lawyers & former court officials reporting western pressure has influenced the decision to not open probe.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The US and other western powers have exerted pressure on the International Criminal Court at the Hague to prevent a war crimes probe of Israel’s operation in the Gaza Strip, The Guardian reported on Monday, quoting former court officials.

The Hague, International Criminal Court. – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

The Hague, International Criminal Court. – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

During Operation Protective Edge, the Palestinian Authority has threatened to request that the court look into allegations that the civilian deaths in Gaza during the IDF’s operation constitute a war crime. Continue Reading »

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| July 26, 2014
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Gaza officials charge Israel of war crimes at the Int’l Criminal Court in The Hague

Gaza’s public prosecutor started legal proceedings with Palestinian justice minister’s support, over ‘Operation Protective Edge’.

Experts say ICC unlikely to hear the case.

By Associated Press

 

 

PARIS – Top Palestinian officials have accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza, filing a complaint Friday to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

The Hague, International Criminal Court. – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

The Hague, International Criminal Court. – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

Palestinian Justice Minister Saleem Al-Saqqa and Ismail Jabr, the Gaza court public prosecutor, started legal proceedings via a Paris-based lawyer over the 18 days of fighting between Hamas fighters and Israeli ground forces that’s left 800 Palestinians dead – including hundreds of civilians. Continue Reading »

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