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Bibi urges ICC to reject Palestinian bid to join
2015-01-02
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday urged the International Criminal Court to reject the Palestinians’ request to join the ICC because they did not rank as a state.

“We expect the ICC to reject the hypocritical request by the Palestinian Authority, which is not a state but an entity linked to a terrorist organisation,” he said in a statement, referring to Hamas.

The statement followed talks which Netanyahu chaired at the defence ministry to discuss a response to the move which could pave the way for the Palestinians to sue Israeli officials over alleged war crimes.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, who heads the PA, signed the long-mooted request on Wednesday, drawing strong condemnation from both Israel and its US ally. The Palestinians’ UN rank was upgraded from observer entity to observer state in 2012, opening the possibility for them to join the ICC and a host of other international organisations.
If the Paleos succeed in joining the ICC I'm going to wager that Carla del Ponte will get off her butt and will rapidly -- allowing for lunch, of course -- file a whole series of complaints against various Israeli government and military officials, past and present. That will freeze the Israelis and prevent them from going abroad, conducting international relations, etc. Carla and her henchmen at the ICC will work hand-in-hand with the Paleos to accomplish this, of course. Meanwhile any complaints filed against Paleo transgressors will be shunted off to an initial hearing sometime in 2033...
Israel has a file of prepared cases against various Palestinian officials ready to go as soon as the Palestinians are given standing. Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander, only Israel has photos, film, affidavits... the lawyers will make out like bandits.
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