Can you imagine lawmakers with backgrounds like that of Abu Ein being allowed to participate in an ICC investigation to determine whether or not an enemy of the PA (read: Israel) has committed a war crime?
Fortunately, Israel is not a member of the ICC; for that reason, it is likely the Court has no jurisdiction to indict or take any other action against it. Nevertheless, there are many other ways the PA can cause trouble for Israel if it achieves its goal of evading its responsibilities under the internationally-recognized Oslo Accords and instead wins membership as a sovereign independent state in the United Nations.
PA leaders are counting on doing just that by methodically joining as many international agencies and signing as many UN treaties as possible, until its “state” status becomes a de facto reality. Given the current anti-Israeli majority in the UN plenum, the only way to prevent this from happening is through the veto of one or more of the permanent members on the UN Security Council.
Traditionally, Israel has always been able to count on its “greatest ally” — the United States — to defend and protect it in that forum. Under the current administration, that bedrock of support has come into question.
The real test of that friendship is probably coming up sooner than most Americans expected.