Abbas Accuses Israel of War Crimes at Intl Criminal Court

[Purveyor]

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague on Thursday to investigate accusations Israel committed war crimes “committed in Palestine” since June 13, 2014.

The declaration was signed by Abbas on Thursday morning according to a local source who spoke with Haaretz, one day after he signed the Rome Statute, enabling the PA to join the ICC.

Early Thursday morning, officials submitted the Rome Statute document as well as letters of accession signed Wednesday by Abbas entering the PA into 20 additional international treaties, according to the WAFA news agency.

The flurry of signatures followed Tuesday’s rejection by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution calling for recognition of the PA as a sovereign state and the withdrawal of Israel by 2017 from all post-1967 territories.

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http://www.jewishpress.com/uncategorized/abbas-accuses-israel-of-war-crimes-at-intl-criminal-court/2015/01/01/

[BillZBubb]

1. It will be interesting to see if the court takes up any of the cases.

The US will use every bit of leverage it has to prevent it. If nothing else it will make it risky for certain Israelis to travel outside their country.

[oberliner]

3. The United States is not a participant in the International Criminal Court

And it's already risky for certain Israelis to travel outside their country.

[hack89]

5. The ICC and the UN are not that stupid

a confrontation with their largest financial backer would be disastrous.

[The Shredder]

2. I trust the ICC will also investigate the Palestine side as well

as they, too, committed war crimes.

It's only fair.

[grossproffit]

6. Don't hold your breath. Where's Syria on the docket?

[NaturalHigh]

4. Abbas should remove the plank from his own eye.