This week's news - February 6th

International Criminal Court has recently announced that it has jurisdiction in Palestine, and will be continuing with an investigation over alleged war crimes performed by Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Palestine territories occupied by Israel.

Palestine has used its status as UN observer state to join ICC and call for an investigation into Israeli actions. Israel has argued that due to Palestine not being recognized as a sovereign nation, it shouldn’t be able to petition the court. ICC has rejected Israel’s arguments, stating that Palestine had “the right to be treated as any other state party” to its statue.

The Palestinian Authority, which is internationally recognized representative of Palestinian people says that it wants to pursue the case, which if ended with persecution of Israeli officials would be a significant diplomatic victory.

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, condemned the decision, stating that the country would “protect our citizens and soldiers in every way from legal persecution”, adding that Israel is not an official member of ICC.

It is not yet clear what is the USA’s stance on the decision, since despite saying that it disagrees witch ICC’s ruling, it’s also reviewing sanctions, which greatly worries Israel.

The case could also be expanded upon with alleged killings of more than 200 Palestinian civilians by Israeli soldiers.








Link: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/feb/05/icc-rules-it-can-investigate-war-crimes-in-palestine-despite-israeli-objections

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  1. englishdiary9 lutego 2021 10:59

    This is definitely an interesting piece of news.
    In the future though:
    1. limit your post to about 150 words
    2. separate the report part (1/3 of the text at most) from your comment (where you explain why this info is interesting/surprising/etc. and/or express your own opinion) - in the post above it's unclear if any of the text is your reaction to this news

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