Jerusalem strongly criticizes prosecutor's decision to investigate suspected war crimes in Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip • Netanyahu: "Make the Court a Political Weapon in Fighting Israel" • Foreign Minister Katz:

• PM Benjamin Netanyahu // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

• Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Pato Basuda // Photo: Reuters

• International Criminal Court building in The Hague // Photo: Reuters

Fury in the political system in Israel following the decision of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Pato Bensuda, to launch an investigation into war crimes in the territories of Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked the decision, saying: "" This is a black day for truth and justice. Turn the International Court of Justice into a political weapon against Israel. Want to turn Jews living in Palestine, in their homeland, into a war crime. Historical in every way possible. "

Netanyahu announced that he had written a letter addressing world leaders, urging them to protest against the International Court of Justice in The Hague for not making the decision he called "scandalous."

Foreign Minister Israel Katz also commented, saying: "The plaintiff's decision in the International Criminal Court is grave, outrageous and contravenes international law. The plaintiff may not take jurisdiction in contravention of the law and bend international law To fit the Palestinian propaganda.

"We reject the decision of all and call on other states to do so, and to stop the court from becoming a political tool in the hands of the Palestinians in their fight against the existence of the State of Israel and its right to self-defense," Minister Katz added.

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The Knesset member from the "Blue and White" list also referred to the plaintiff's decision and wrote on Vachie's Twitter page: "The plaintiff's statement in The Hague is a surrender to the propaganda falsehood and hatred of Palestinian terror. As a cabinet member and as a member of the US, I can attest that in all the history of the war there was no army that did More from the IDF to avoid harming the innocent. "

Lapid criticized the political situation in Israel and wrote: "Israel has 120 days to fight with the relevant parties so that no investigation can be opened. This requires a committed prime minister, a functioning government, a foreign ministry which is a well-oiled elite unit - everything that is not currently in Israel. Change, a government that works for citizens and for the state.

The Palestinians for their part praised the event. Palestinian parliamentarian Saib Erekat said today: "The prosecutor's decision is a positive one and brings closer the opening of an international investigation into the war crimes committed in Palestine."

"Convinced that war crimes were committed"

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Pato Bensuda, announced Friday that she wants to launch a full investigation into war crimes in Judea and Samaria and Gaza.

"I am convinced that there is a reasonable basis to begin the investigation. I was convinced that war crimes were committed or perpetrated in the territories of Judea and Samaria, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip," Bassaida wrote.

"Convinced that war crimes have been committed," in Basoda // Photo: Reuters

Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court has rolled the hot potato of Judea, Samaria, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem into the hands of the Criminal Court judges, thus opening a judicial campaign that could seriously hurt the future of the International Court of Justice, which not many countries in the world undermine His powers and legitimacy.

In her statement, Attorney General Pato Bensuda states that the findings of her first investigation into the situation in "Palestine," at the request of the Palestinian Authority, indicated that all the criteria matched her opening an investigation into "war crimes" committed and committed in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. However, the plaintiff emphasizes: "In view of the unique legal and factual matters and the very controversial data in this matter, namely the area in which the investigation is to be carried out (its international status under international law, AB), it is necessary to rely on Article 19.3 (Rome Convention - the Basic Convention of International Criminal Court) to resolve this specific matter. "