Palestinians submit first case material against Israel to ICC

[azurnoir]

The Palestinian Authority made its first submission of evidence of alleged Israeli war crimes to the International Criminal Court on Thursday, trying to speed up an ICC inquiry into abuses committed during last year's Gaza conflict.

The move may leave Israel in a quandary since it must decide whether to cooperate with the ICC investigation or find itself isolated as one of a very few countries that have declined to work with its prosecutors.

Israel denies allegations of war crimes by its forces during the 2014 Gaza war and accuses Islamist terrorists who control the Gaza Strip of atrocities in firing thousands of rockets at Israeli population centers.

Standing outside the ICC after meeting the court's chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said he had submitted dossiers on the Gaza conflict, Israeli settlements on land where Palestinians seek a state, and treatment of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.


http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Palestinians-submit-first-case-material-against-Israel-to-ICC-407165

[Little Tich]

1. TOI: US slams Palestinians’ Israel war crimes suit

Source: Times of Israel

Washington says it opposes ‘counterproductive’ PA decision to submit papers to International Criminal Court

The White House on Thursday said efforts to have Israel charged with war crimes at the International Criminal Court were “counterproductive” and would be opposed by Washington.

The statement came hours after Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki handed ICC prosecutors a file detailing alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza and relating to construction in the West Bank settlements and East Jerusalem.

The United States has “made clear that we oppose actions against Israel at the ICC as counterproductive,” National Security Council spokesman Alistair Baskey said after the Palestinians submitted their evidence in The Hague.

Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-slams-palestinians-israel-war-crimes-suit/

[Jefferson23]

2. The United States believes actions against Israel at the ICC is counterproductive..

what a shock. The US has so much moral authority on the subject abroad and here
at home?

What a terrible joke.

[Jefferson23]

3. Good. It would be great to know who is helping them..I hope they will have the

people who are experts on the law and the process.