Canada playeda pivotal rolein the founding of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which put outa warranton Thursday for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant. Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau saidhe will abide by the court’s rulin...
In November, the ICCissued arrest warrantsagainst the commander of Hamas’s military wing, Mohammed Deif, for the attack against Israel committed on Oct. 7, 2023, but also against Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahuand former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes committed during the ...
Ex-Israeli Defense Chief: Israel Guilty of Ethnic Cleansing December 3, 2024 Moshe Ya’alon has refused to apologize for saying Israel is committing ethnic cleansing in Gaza because it “reflected reality on the ground.” He also said the IDF was “not the most moral army.” Joe Lauria re...
The International Criminal Court Pre-Trial Chamber’s 2-1 ruling against Israel on Friday night in the war crimes controversy with the Palestinians was a heavy blow to the Jewish state. In the worst-case scenario, we could see around June (if the ICC moved at light speed), or in a coup...
Upon closer scrutiny, however, it is clearly much more: an indirect, yet far-reaching vindication of Palestinian resistance and struggle in the ongoing "legitimacy war" with Israel. These legal proceedings have momentous potential implications for broader accountability efforts, which could be ...
Will Bensouda stick to her guns and protect Israel from a criminal probe in this case? Or will she follow the tone set by repeated rulings by the ICC pretrial chamber urging her to delve deeper into the case? This decision is crucial because of Bensouda goes after IDF personnel and nation...
RAMALLAH, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Palestine declared on Sunday its intention to take the issue of the Palestinian neighborhood of Issawiya in East Jerusalem to the International Criminal Court. In a press statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry expressed its grave concern over the continued Israeli...
Israel is not a member state of the court but its nationals could face charges if Bensouda opens an investigation. In her initial refusal to open a full-scale investigation, Bensouda acknowledged that war crimes may have been committed on the Mavi Marmara ship, where eight Turks and one Turki...
“The ICC has grown weaker and no longer has the authority to look into alleged rights abuses in the Philippines following the country’s pullout from the Rome Statute,” he said, still on Twitter. “It makes the ICC weaker by yet another withdrawing member joining the ranks of Israel, ...
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