US Senators are angrily condemning the Palestinian Authority for its attempts to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), with a joint statement from several promising a “strong response” in retaliation.
The statement blasts the membership bid as “deplorable, counterproductive” and suggests that the US should revoke foreign aid provided to the Palestinians, which makes up some $400 million annually.
The US has insisted that Palestine can’t be a member because it’s “not a state,” but since they are recognized by the UN as a “non-member observer state,” there is no indication the UN is going to agree with that claim.
Israel has been pushing for Congress to cut off aid to the Palestinians to punish them for the move, which means a large portion of Congress will inevitably back the revocation. There is no sign, however, that this is going to scare the Palestinians away from seeking membership.
how can you be so fucking dumb as to not know that demolishing an entire city would only create more rebels?
http://triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/4236803-74…
oh THAT's how…
Boy oh boy Israel and the US are just so upset that the Palestinians are joining the ICC. Gee I wonder why that might be?
Perhaps if the US would ratify the ICC accords and submit itself to that court's jurisdiction it would have some credentials to speak on who gets in and who doesn't. As it stands, the US has no voice in the matter.
Good. And neither does Israel. Chickens coming home to roost, so to speak.
Politics is absolutely insane and a waste of time and brain power. Human beings are lower than chimps in so many situations.