Israel is furious at Hague's decision: "Black day for justice"; The Palestinians welcomed
The political system condemned the announcement by the International Court of Justice that there is grounds for opening an investigation against Israel on suspicion of war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank. Netanyahu appealed to world leaders: "Turn the court into a political weapon against Israel and against the connection to our country." The Palestinians expressed support: "A message of hope "
Israel is furious at Hague's decision: "Black day for justice"; The Palestinians welcomed
Photo: GPOIn Israel, on Friday, the Chief Prosecutor at the International Court of Justice in The Hague expressed anger that there is grounds for launching an investigation into Israeli war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "It is a black day for truth and justice" and claimed that "the decision turns the ICC into another political weapon in the delegitimization war against the State of Israel." On the other hand, the Palestinians welcomed the decision, explaining that "the Palestinian people have the right to demand all the assistance and justice they deserve."
According to Netanyahu, "The International Court of Justice has no authority to discuss the matter. It has the authority to discuss only when it comes to claims filed by sovereign states, but has never been a Palestinian state. We will not look and bow to this injustice. We will continue to fight it with all the tools at our disposal." .
Following the decision, the prime minister sent a letter to world leaders, stating that "the tribunal turned political weapons against Israel and against the connection to our country. We want to make Jews living in their homeland a war crime. It's absurd. We will fight for our rights and historical truth in every way possible."
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Foreign Minister Israel Katz also condemned the decision, claiming it was "grave, outrageous and contrary to international law." Katz said, "We reject the decision and call on other countries to do so, and stop the court from becoming a political tool by the Palestinians in their fight against Israel's existence and its right to self-defense."
Number 2 in blue and blue, MK Yair Lapid, said: "The plaintiff's statement in The Hague is a surrender to the propaganda lie and hatred of Palestinian terror. As a cabinet member and a member of the Foreign and Security Committee, I can attest that in all the history of the wars, there was no army that did more than the IDF to avoid harming the innocent. "
His party member, Zvi Hauser, attacked Netanyahu, explaining that "This is the story behind today's failure in The Hague: In April 2015, Netanyahu chose not to exert real pressure on Abu Mazen and the PA to refrain from joining the International Court of Justice in The Hague. "It was then adopted with complacency. Today we begin to eat the delusional fruit of the 2015 historical default. Bibi takes responsibility."
New Right Chairman MK Ayelet Shaked argued that "the decision of the International Court of Justice in The Hague to open an investigation against Israel is a political decision, unfortunately painted and expected. It has no authority to do so and Israel must fight it with all the tools at its disposal."
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The Palestinians expressed their support for the Hague Tribunal's statement. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that "this step expresses the plaintiff's intention to initiate a criminal investigation into the situation in Palestine, immediately after the preliminary round ends his discussions." They also added that "the Palestinian people have the right to demand all the assistance and justice provided by international law, given the urgent need and size of the situation in Palestine."
PA senior Saib Erekat said the decision was a positive and encouraging step closer to bringing Palestine to open a criminal investigation into war crimes. In a statement, he claimed that "the move would end the immunity of the perpetrators of crimes and help prevent them on the path to achieving justice." He said, "This is a message of hope for the Palestinian people that justice is possible."
"The move will end the immunity of the perpetrators of the crimes." Erekat (Photo: AP)
PLO Executive Chairman Saib Erekat Visits Amman, Jordan, January 29, 2018 (Photo: AP)
Prosecutor Pato Bensuda explained that "after an independent and objective assessment of all information available to my office, the preliminary investigation into the issue of the Palestinian situation was decided in the decision that all data meet all the criteria for opening an investigation under the Rome Convention." However, the plaintiff added that she sought further opinion from the Tribunal Judges on jurisdiction before opening the investigation.
The prosecutor in the Hague Criminal Court has been conducting preliminary investigations into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 2014, after the Palestinians joined the tribunal. A preliminary examination is the first step in which the plaintiff considers whether there is room to open an investigation, examining questions relating to the investigative authority.
Prior to the publication of her decision, Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit issued an official opinion on the authority of the International Criminal Court in The Hague to make decisions regarding the territorial disputes between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. According to the counsel's statement, the Hague Tribunal has no jurisdiction over Israel, which is not a member of the tribunal, and any Palestinian activity in the court arena is without legal effect. "It is not for this purpose that the Tribunal was established and does not have the authority or ability to deal with these issues, certainly without the consent of both parties," the counsel wrote.
