Tag: International Criminal Court

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This should be a source of concern to Israeli decisionmakers.

Qatari Channel Al Jazeera is suing Israel in the Hague over Shireen Abu Akleh.

While an estimated 7 million Ukrainian refugees have already crossed the border to neighboring countries and countless civilian centers across Ukraine are being bombarded...

In the words of Oliver Hardy to Stan Laurel: "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into."

MK Nitzan Horowitz’s remark “justifying the political and anti-Semitic action of the court at The Hague and its persecution of IDF soldiers is a disgrace to the Israeli Knesset,” says Yamina Party’s Ayelet Shaked.

Judge Péter Kovács, the dissenting judge on the ICC panel, issued a minority opinion that asked, "Did the Majority provide a practical answer to the Prosecutor?" and answered that it didn't.

The court’s ability to “investigate, probe and render justice” is being undermined in the United States, says Omar.

One of Khan’s first tasks in his nine-year term will be to decide whether or not to investigate Israel for war crimes it did not commit.

Payne's argument—matching similar arguments made by the US and Israel—is that since the Palestinian Authority never received statehood, it cannot be a party to the ICC.

MK Ariel Kallner is the head of the Knesset’s Lobby for the Fight Against Delegitimization and Anti-Semitism.

New research highlights links between the “human rights groups” pushing for investigations against Israel and the U.S., and their ‎links to the PFLP terrorist group.

Netanyahu did not refer to the issue many on the right have been debating over the past week: sovereignty.

Retired General Amidror is part of a massive propaganda effort against the imposition of sovereignty, an effort involving much of the mainstream media as well as a group of retired IDF officers.

The entire ICC document, without exception, appears to be an argument in defense of the position of the Palestinian Authority.

The current prime minister outlines Israel’s five biggest challenges: rebuilding the economy; preparing for a second wave of the coronavirus; security and defense; the threat of the International Criminal Court; and applying Israeli law to the Jordan Valley and Judea and Samaria.

The cooperation between the PA security forces and Israel will continue, because it serves the interests of the PLO government in Ramallah.

It appears that prosecutor Bensouda deceived the international community when she initiated her request, since, as far as she was concerned, the decision was a foregone conclusion.

The judges are expected to rule on the matter over the coming four months, but they are not obligated to respond at all.

Fatou Bensouda deceived the international community when she initiated a pre-trial request, supposedly to determine if the ICC has jurisdiction over the “situation in Palestine.”

The question of Malka Leifer was raised by the prime minister.

So they told Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to go back to the drawing board and submit a new request and this time stay below the page limit.

"I urge all your viewers to [...] ask for concrete actions, sanction against the international court, its officials, prosecutors, everyone."

Israeli ministers reportedly believe the International Criminal Court will launch an investigation against Israel within 90 days, and that high-ranking Israeli officials and IDF officers may be arrested abroad and extradited to The Hague.

Hungary joined several other countries that have voiced opposition to the ICC’s move against Israel.

"Now their money is being funneled towards prosecuting Israel in the ICC."

With European funding earmarked for the purpose, Israeli NGOs such as B’Tselem have ceaselessly attacked Israel’s Supreme Court with the aim of rendering the Jewish state vulnerable to prosecution in the International Criminal Court.

Germany’s statement is the latest voice of dissent against the ICC’s announcement.

Adalah, which has received nearly $700,000 from the New Israel Fund (NIF), announced that it is “prepared to submit legal material” to the ICC to aid its war crimes probe against Israel.

"Australia’s position is clear – we do not recognize a so-called ‘State of Palestine’ and we do not recognize that there is such a State Party to the ICC’s Rome Statute."