Talks about the possibility of prosecuting Russian President Vladimir Putin, and his circle of personal advisers on charges of committing crimes against humanity, have led the Palestinian Authority to try its luck and convince the International Court of Justice in The Hague that Israel's crimes are not serious.
Abu Mazen and his men draw an equal line between what is happening in Ukraine and Israel's response to acts of terrorism throughout the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The story is not new.
Time and time again, the PA tries to coerce Israel and make it difficult for it, if and when it is necessary to launch a military operation. In all previous operations in the Gaza Strip, Israel has been accused by UN officials and international legal bodies of using excessive force.
When these jurists were required to present examples, they explained that Israel had exaggerated the demolition of buildings, the destruction of towers and residential neighborhoods, and targeted assassinations.
Israel's need for deterrence was not mentioned at all.
Aliba is an expert in international law, "If a missile is fired at you, you will also fire a missile ... two missiles - it is already a use of force."
Now the Palestinians are turning to the International Court of Justice again, and this case proves that it is not worth believing in the "severance of hostility and hostility" that prevails between the PLO / Fatah and Hamas.
It is hard not to get the impression that on the Israeli issue the two Palestinian rivals are working as one body and are well coordinated: Hamas is provoking and trying to challenge Israel to operate in the Gaza Strip and even the West Bank, and the PA continues to attack Israel and try to harm it in any way possible. The time has come to lodge a formal complaint with the International Court of Justice and demand that this anachronistic and unilateral institution reckon with Israel for its past crimes, and most importantly, prevent it from having freedom of action in the future.
The previous prosecutor, Pato Bensuda, ended her term, and prior to her departure she said that she had not been able to write an indictment against Israel.
She hesitated to point out that she had not been presented with any evidentiary basis for the false accusations of the Palestinians, so it would probably have been better for her to get away from the issue.
Now a new prosecutor has arrived, Karim Khan, a British lawyer who, on his first day, demanded that Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki act to accuse Israel of crimes against humanity.
At the top of the Palestinian "indictment" are the Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan cases, which are presented as "expelling residents from their homes."
It should be remembered that the PA leaders who filed the complaint in The Hague are the same people who received new cars through the port of Ashdod, or a VIP certificate for free movement in Israel or free medical treatment in Israeli hospitals.
Israel has in the past threatened Palestinians that their appeals to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, under the false pretense of false accusations, could collapse any positive connection between it and the PA. And Israel will not hesitate to charge the Palestinians a price. The leverage that Israel has for the PA is many and effective, and has been used in the past.
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