A day after seizing some $100 million worth of tax funds from the Palestinian Authority, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to take more hostile action against the Palestinians to punish them for seeking membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The Palestinians sought ICC membership last week, after failing to get the UN Security Council to agree to an end of the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank. Membership would give the world court jurisdiction in Palestinian territory, making it possible they would charge Israel with war crimes during their assorted wars therein.
Netanyahu has promised no Israeli soldier will ever face charges at the Hague under any circumstances. He also wants the ICC to charge the Palestinians for being in league with Hamas, though since Israel never ratified its membership in the ICC, and has said they never will, they can’t bring such cases themselves.
Exactly what further punitive actions Israel will take against the Palestinians is unclear right now, but Israel is said to be demanding that the US Congress revoke some $400 million in aid the US provides the Palestinians as well. Since the US Congress does whatever the Israeli government wants as a matter of course, this is virtually guaranteed, but this too may only be part of what Israel plans to impose.
Let me guess, they're going to steal more Palestinian land for their retarded settlers.
So if israel isn't going to pay any attention to ICC investigations, cases, verdicts, why so worried? Why punish Palestinians for something of no consequence?
“US Congress does whatever the Israeli government wants”
And does not Israel do whatever US Congress wants? For when 90% of funds for political donations come from the multinational corporate rich, is it not all one big happy, big business, government?
"And does not Israel do whatever US Congress wants?"
No, they don't. There is no quid pro quo relationship. The USG taxes the American citizens and then skims off the top to give to Isreal. There are supposed to be limitations on what the Israelis can do with the money but these restrictions are never enforced.
If the Israel lobby comes out against aid for the Palestinians then they owe Rand Paul an apology. He was head of the game on this. This was his idea originally.
That's unclear what you're intending with that statement.
But I'll take this opportunity to condemn my own Canadian government for it's blind support of Israel and it's apartheid regime.
Don G, the Neocons tarred and feathered Rand Paul for wanting to end aid to the Palestinians because Israel benefited from the US propping up the Palestinians (they wouldn't have to pay for it): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp…
and here is the part where he wanted to end the 400 million to the Palestinians http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/29/rand-pau…
Netanyahu – we don't do self-determination, unless it is our own.
“And does not Israel do whatever US Congress wants?”
A self-evident truth, for the US Congress created Israel for but one purpose, to keep the Middle-East terrorized in a way that best maximizes profit in the trading of war materials for Middle-East oil.