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| July 10, 2014
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Israel PM accuses Hamas of double war crime, should be held responsible for civilian deaths in Gaza

PM Netanyahu says Hamas is committing war crimes of intentionally targeting Israeli civilians with their rockets, and again using the local Gaza population as human shields to protect the terrorists.

 

 

As Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas mulls applying for membership in the International Criminal Court as a way to press charges against Israel for alleged war crimes, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and other world leaders on Wednesday that Hamas was guilty of two types of war crimes.

PM Natanyahu

“Hamas is committing a double war crime by intentionally trying to hit Israeli citizens, and using the local Gaza population as human shields,” Netanyahu said. Continue Reading »

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| July 10, 2014
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Palestinian president convene leadership to sign request to join International Criminal Court

Palestinian president seeks to sign documents necessary for joining int’l organizations to ‘protect the people in Gaza’ by all diplomatic & legal means.

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will convene the Palestinian leadership at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday at his bureau, during which he expected to sign the necessary documents for joining international organizations. Inter alia, he has requested to join the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a senior official told Haaretz.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 29, 2014.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 29, 2014. – Photo: AP

“What is happening in the Gaza Strip is a war crime, and it is the right of the Palestinian leadership to protect the Palestinian people in Gaza with every diplomatic means and its jurists,” the official said.

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| June 20, 2014
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Amb. Dr. Alan Baker to UN: PA in Violation Of Int’l Treaties – Revoke Observer Status Over Abduction

Israel’s former Ambassador Dr. Alan Baker: The UN’s legitimization of the Palestinians violates the Oslo Accords according to every criteria set forth by the International Criminal Court.

By Tova Dvorin, Ido Ben-Porat

 

Former Israeli Ambassador to Canada Dr. Alan Baker, the head of the Legal Forum for Israel, has formally requested that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon revoke the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) observer status Friday, in light of their unity with Hamas.

“The tragic abduction and imprisonment of three young Israelis by a terrorist organization, attached to what you call the ‘State of Palestine’ and now considered a state observer at the UN, is a gross violation of humanitarian norms and conventions,” Baker wrote. Continue Reading »

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| June 12, 2014
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Erekat ‘Furious’ After Abbas Vetoes PA vote to Charge Israel of ‘War Crimes’

The Palestinians former top negotiator lashes out at Abbas after he rejected the vote to charge Israel at the Hague, saying the PA appears to be Abbas’s ‘personal property.’

By Dalit Halevi, Tova Dvorin

 

Former Palestinian Authority (PA) Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat slammed PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s “soft” policies in the new “unity” government with Hamas, according to tapes leaked by the Awrak news agency.

In the tapes, Erekat makes a series of furious remarks over Abbas’s decisions, saying that Abbas views the government as his “personal property.” According to Erekat, Abbas rejected a PLO majority vote Wednesday night that would have seen the PA turn to the International Criminal Court over Israel’s actions over the past several days. Continue Reading »

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| June 11, 2014
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Poll: Palestinians prefer charging Israel at ICC than starting 3rd intifada

 

Palestinian Center for Policy & Research also shows the majority of Palestinians believe unity gov’t does not close door on peace talks.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

 

 

More Palestinians want to bring Israel before the International Criminal Court than fight them in the streets in an armed third intifada, according to new poll conducted by Khalil Shikaki of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Research.

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

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

Palestinian continue to support a two-state solution and do not believe that the newly unified Fatah-Hamas government is an obstacle to renewed negotiations, according to Shikaki’s data which he presented on Tuesday afternoon to the 2014 Herzliya Conference. Continue Reading »

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| May 7, 2014
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Ex-ICC prosecutor warns Palestinians of ‘boomerang’ if turning to the Hague

 

Former chief prosecutor warns PA that Hamas could face investigation for rocket fire  & suicide bombings against Israeli civilians, should Palestinians accept war crimes court’s jurisdiction.

By AP, The Media Line

 

A former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday Palestinians should proceed with caution as they consider pursuing war crimes against Israel.

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

Since winning upgraded status at the United Nations in 2012, the Palestinians have threatened to turn to the ICC to press charges against Israel at the world’s first permanent war crimes court if peace efforts fail. Continue Reading »

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| April 18, 2014
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Abbas’ move at signing international treaties could backfire, bigtime

 

An Israeli lawyer reveals that if the PA president decides to use the new formal status as signatory to Geneva Conventions to file war crimes charges against Israelis, it may simply open himself up to past & future counter-complaints.

By Itamar Eichner

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ recent grand gesture in front of the cameras, asking to join 14 international treaties and conventions, could open him and other Palestinian officials up to prosecution for war crimes, according to one Israeli lawyer.

PA leader Abbas may face charges in the Hague. (Photo: AP)

PA leader Abbas may face charges in the Hague. – Photo: AP

Last year, Mordechai Zivin filed a complaint against Abbas and senior members of Hamas at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Continue Reading »

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| April 7, 2014
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Israel NGO Ready to Level ‘Tsunami’ of Legal Charges Against Palestinians at ICC

Legal NGO chief vows to hit Fatah & Hamas leadership with charges of terrorism once the Palestinian Authority fulfills its threat to join the International Criminal Court.

By Gil Ronen

 

Shurat Hadin, a non-governmental organization that operates against Palestinian terrorists through the courts, said it would lodge ‘a tsunami’ of criminal complaints against senior Palestinians with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is based in The Hague.

Nitzana Darshan-Leitner – PR photo

Following the signing of 15 international treaties by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in order to be accepted into UN organizations, and the PA’s ongoing threat to join the ICC, Shurat Hadin has begin preparing charges against senior PA officials for involvement in terror attacks. Continue Reading »

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| April 6, 2014
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Abbas and the hollow Palestinian threat of running to the ICC

The General Assembly’s vote from November 2012 defines “Palestine” as a state for the purpose of the ICC’s jurisdiction. But since Israel is not a member of the ICC, the Court can only have jurisdiction over the virtual “State of Palestine” – a territory that is not defined in law.

By Emmanuel Navon

 

The 20-year-old circular “negotiations” between Israel and the PLO, and Israel’s acquiescence to release murderers for the mere sake of pursuing those negotiations, are perhaps best summarized by a famous scene from the 1964 James Bond movie “Goldfinger.” Tied to a table by Dr. Goldfinger, Bond helplessly watches the approaching laser beam about to cut him in half. Continue Reading »

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| April 2, 2014
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NYT Reports: Kerry steps back from peace talks

 

New York Times quotes senior American official as saying the White House believes Kerry should allow Israel & the Palestinians to work through the current deadlock themselves.

By Ynetnews and agencies

 

US Secretary of State John Kerry’s decision to cancel a Tuesday night meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is indicative of the Obama administration’s “growing impatience” with the deadlocked peace talks, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The newspaper quoted a senior US official as saying that the Americans believe Israel and the Palestinians should find a way out of this latest deadlock themselves, and that Kerry’s current efforts had been exhausted. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2014
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Fatah wants Kerry prosecuted at ICC for ‘threatening’ Palestinian President’s life

Palestinian media reports U.S. Sec. of State Kerry told President Abbas that he would meet the same fate as predecessor Yasser Arafat if he refuses to accept US peace proposals.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
 

 

US Secretary of State John Kerry recently threatened Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that he would meet the same fate as his predecessor, Yasser Arafat, if he turned down Washington’s proposals for peace with Israel, a Palestinian source was quoted Sunday as saying.

John Kerry and Mahmoud Abbas. - Photo: Reuters

John Kerry and Mahmoud Abbas. – Photo: Reuters

Jamal Muhaissen, a senior Fatah official in the West Bank, said that if the report about Kerry’s threat to Abbas is true, “this shows that Israel assassinated Yasser Arafat after receiving a green light from the US Administration.” Continue Reading »

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| July 10, 2013
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ICC looks into war-crimes lawsuit against Israel

The Int’l Criminal Court prosecutor said  that she would open a preliminary examination into the Israeli raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla, which left 9 Turkish peace activists dead.

By JTA

 

 

The president of the International Criminal Court has taken the first steps toward an investigation of a war crimes lawsuit against Israel over the 2010 raid on the Mavi Marmara.

Original Photo Published by Hurriyet

Original Photo Published by Hurriyet shows hand holding knife above stabbed and bloody IDF soldier.

Sang-Hyun Song of South Korea appointed a three-judge panel to study the procedural requirements for the suit. The appointment puts in place the legal apparatus for an investigation but does not actually launch a probe, The Associated Press reported.

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| May 25, 2013
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Jerusalem prepares defense for The Hague

Lt. Col. (res.) David Benjamin, an Israel-based attorney specializing in int’l law, the law of armed conflict & counter-terrorism, talks to Israel Hayom about defending Israel in the Int’l Criminal Court at The Hague.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

Lt. Col. (res.) David Benjamin is an Israel-based attorney specializing in international law, the law of armed conflict and counterterrorism.

Lt. Col. (res.) David Benjamin at Israel Hayom – Photo: Israel Hayom

As a career officer in the Israel Defence Forces, Benjamin served as the chief legal adviser for the Gaza Strip (2001-2005) as well as director of the International and Strategic Branch in the IDF’s International Law Department (2006-2009).

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| May 14, 2013
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Int’l Criminal Court opens investigation of Gaza flotilla fiasco

International Criminal Court’s prosecutor obliged to open investigation after request from Comoros, an Indian Ocean island nation, to which one of the vessels Israel raided in 2010 was registered.

Few preliminary probes lead to a full investigation, let alone trial.

By Reuters

The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said on Tuesday she would open a preliminary examination into the events surrounding the 2010 Israel Navy raid on a Turkish-flagged aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip.

Mavi Marmara AP 22.5.10

Mavi Marmara taken on May 22, 2010 – Photo: AP

 

Nine Turkish citizens died during the raid on the flotilla, which set out from Turkey to the Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| April 14, 2013
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Israeli NGO Shurat HaDin, to sue PA for terrorism at The Hague

 

Israeli organization urges terror victims to tell their stories on Facebook for the ICC lawsuit in ‘Terrorizing Terror’ campaign.

 

NGO Chairwoman: PA starting war against soldiers, ‘we’ll defend them’.

Shahar Chai’

 

 

An Israeli civil rights NGO is preparing to sue the Palestinian Authority in the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its alleged responsibility for thousands of terrorist attacks on Israel.

Shurat HaDin’s Nitsana Darshan-Leitner – Photo: Zvika Tishler

The publicity material shows the tagline on top of photographs of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas Prime Minister Ismayil Haniyeh behind bars.

After the United Nations upgraded its status to non-member observer state in late November, the Palestinian Authority hinted its intentions to sue Israelis for alleged war crimes at the ICC in The Hague. Continue Reading »

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