Applying for membership in the International Criminal Court takes 90 days, and the Palestinians’ application for membership last week has been acceptable, so their membership will be effective April 1, according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had expressed confidence that the ICC would reject the PA’s membership, on the grounds that it is “not a government,” but its status as a provisional government seems to be all that was needed.
Expect this to lead to another round of retaliation by Israel and the United States, who are both opposed to Palestinian membership in the World Court, though as non-ratifying signatories they didn’t have much sway in trying to block the membership.
Israel has already withheld some $100 million in tax revenues from the PA in retaliation for its ICC membership, and is pressing the US to revoke $400 million in foreign aid to them. In addition, Israel’s state-run electrical company is planning to cut off electricity to the PA territory in the occupied West Bank.
Halleluya!
he Israeli public (not the government) is challenging the UN hypocrites.
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""Abbas and Khaled Mashal may be tried by the ICC""
"The Israeli Law Center " volunteer group submitted complaints against the terror leaders in the (ICC) for alleged "war crimes."
**Abbas may be tried for his responsibility for missile attacks targeting Israeli cities and citizens, executed by the PLO.
** Mashaal due alleged war crimes Hamas perpetrated against the Gazan population.
On August 22, 2014, Hamas “executed 18 so-called collaborators who had been convicted of no crime,” including publicly executing.’
On July 28, 2014, Hamas executed 20 Gazan civilians for anti-war protests against its rule in the Strip.
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Additional 3 war crimes complaints against Palestine Liberation Organization) officials in the ICC in the Hague.
— Rajoub was a leader of Fatah at the time the terrorist group was responsible for numerous rocket attacks, during the summer’s Gaza War, on Israeli civilians. Targeting civilians with deadly weapons constitutes a war crime under international law.
–Faraj and Hamdallah knowingly employ torture against ordinary Palestinians. They are senior officials responsible for agencies within the Palestinian security apparatus and are liable for the widespread civil rights abuses and killings which were perpetrated by those agencies. The complaint requests that the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC investigate Faraj and Hamdallah for torture and murder.
Many more Palestinian leaders are queuing for next complains of terrorists actions to be submitted to ICC by the Israeli successful public volunteers group named "The Israeli Law Center"".
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Additional legal complains to the ICC against Abbas may be submitted due Abass crimes.
Examples:
1:""Funds for the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of 11 Israeli athletes were provided by Mahmud Abbas""
(Wrote Abu Daoud the massacre planer)
2: ""Muhammad Abbas, was one of the Palestinians terrorists who took part in the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985.""
Leon Klinghoffer, the elderly disabled Jewish-American in a wheelchair who was shot and pushed overboard by the terrorists
3: The Israeli law center has a wealth of evidence that Abbas approved financial payments to terrorists and their families for undertaking terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens.
4: " We are in line with Hamas opposing Israel's right to exist""
""Our public statements recognizing Israel’s right to exist to the West are designed “to trick the Americans""
Declared by Mahmud Abass in a meeting with Hamas.
5: ""Nazi Holocaust had been exaggerated and that Zionists created "the myth" of six million murdered Jews, a fantastic lie.""
* The Jews which were killed by the Nazis were actually the victims of a Zionist-Nazi plot""
Mahmud Abass wrote in his doctoral thesis at Moscow Lumumba University :
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What will be the next show in the UN absurd theater, where the Palestinian terrorists- the darlings of some EuroArabia politicians, on the quest of being elected, are paying with concessions to the increasing number of Muslim votes in their countries, regardless the long term interests of their countries?
Time will tell.
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""Recognize the Israeli Jewish state and declare end of conflict.""
2 simple sentences the Arabs refuse in 1947 and refused today.
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The main change is that in 2014 the Arabs under Abass leadership require international recognition of the Palestinian state and on the same time to get legitimacy to endless conflict and terror continuation
idiot at large
""Recognize the Israeli Jewish state and declare end of conflict.""
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I could be incorrect but did not Arafat recognize Israel's right to exist which then set in motion Oslo? I have to go back and review that, but that is what I recall. Of course the brave Israeli leader Rabin who reciprocated and reached out to the Palestinian side took a bullet from a right wing settler nut case.
In any case I agree that the Palestinian side needs to and should declare exactly what you have written here simultaneously which the Israelis issuing the following statement:
""Recognize a Palestinian state and declare end of conflict.""
See how easy that is? Can you imagine the Israeli government issuing such a statement? The Israelis are full of S–t, really!
US and its terror partners want to keep everyone in the muck, at their level.
This is great news. It means trouble for Israel, but no country is much more deserving.
ICC — Whites enslaving Blacks
Surely, just look at the color of every ruler that the ICC has ever prosecuted, as Empire USA created the ICC for but one purpose, to destroy the black governments in Africa that opposed our Empire expansion.
And as bigoted and most prejudiced is the voting majority in Israel, as not one black politician have they ever elected to public office, surely paid actor Abbas is using another smokescreen and delay tactic to keep Palestine from organizing a revolt against his beloved USA.
The Palestinians joining the ICC poses no threat whatsoever to the State of Israel! It does pose a personal threat to those Israeli officials and military who authorized or engaged in war crimes.
The Israelis say they will bring conter charges of war crimes before the ICC. This poses a threat only to those Palestinians whom authorized or engaged in war crimes.
This is all a good thing
Let the chips fall where the may.
Hear, hear!
I do find it odd that the Israeli response to the PA joining the ICC is to assert that it has right of recourse to ICC without also joining and placing itself under the jurisdiction of, ICC (of course, it already WILL be under that jurisdiction with respect to acts committed in a member state, e.g. Palestine, but why should it be allowed to act as plaintiff if it does not recognize the court's jurisdiction on its own turf as well?).
Finally. The moment of truth moves nearer for the terrorists axis of evil in the Middle East (Isrel and its "lapdog" the USA)