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Joshua Rozenberg: The Hague puts Israel in the crosshairs

Does the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court include “territory occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War in June 1967, namely the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza”? That’s the question the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, asked a three-judge “pre-trial chamber” more than a year ago. If, as she argues, the court has jurisdiction over these territories, she can begin a formal investigation into whether “members of the Israel Defence Forces, Israeli (civilian) authorities, Hamas and Palestinian armed groups” have committed war crimes there. That, she accepts, turns on whether Palestine is a “state” for the purposes of the court’s founding treaty. The Palestinians are a party to the Rome Statute; Israel is not.

by Blazingcatfur•February 9, 2021February 9, 2021•0•Israel, Israel bashing

ICC Decides Its Jurisdiction Extends to Territories Controlled by Israel Since 1967 Six Day War

The court has for years been examining allegations of war crimes committed by Israel since 2014. The investigation started one month before both sides fought a war, which left more than 2,000 Palestinians, including civilians dead.

The International Criminal Court said it had decided by majority that its territorial jurisdiction “in the situation in Palestine” extends to territories held by Israel since 1967 Six-Day War, namely Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The court’s announcement paves the way for an investigation. However, the ICC noted that it is not “constitutionally competent” to determine matters of statehood that would bind the international community.

The ICC, like the UN, is yet another corrupt institution dominated by shithole states.

by Blazingcatfur•February 5, 2021February 5, 2021•0•Israel, Israel bashing, Israeli - Islam Conflict, WTF?

Report: IDF drawing up plans to strike Iran’s nuclear program

Iran resumed enriching uranium to 20 percent last week, well in excess of the threshold set out in its landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and a short technical jump from the 90% level of enrichment needed to produce weapons.

by Sarcasticat•January 14, 2021January 14, 2021•0•Iran, Iran - destruction of Israel, Iranian Nuclear Capability, Israel

Turkey and Israel: Premature Optimism for Normalization

It has been more than a decade since Turkey and Israel, once strategic partners, broke up badly, with an angry Ankara passionately vowing to isolate Israel internationally. It has also been exactly four years since the two countries decided to give peace a chance once more and appointed ambassadors. They would have to pack up and leave after 17 months of trying to put things back together again.

by Blazingcatfur•January 6, 2021January 6, 2021•0•Israel, Turkey

‘Israel has tape of slain Iran nuke chief talking about building five warheads’

Israel intelligence managed to recruit an Iranian official close to the recently assassinated Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and recorded the nuclear scientist speaking about his efforts to produce “five warheads” on behalf of the Islamic Republic, according to a Friday report in the Yedioth Ahronoth daily.

by Blazingcatfur•December 5, 2020December 5, 2020•0•Iran, Israel

Anti-Israel Groups Mobilize to Install Allies in Biden Admin

Anti-Israel organizations have launched a coordinated effort to pressure the incoming Biden administration into selecting people who will champion their causes, a push that reportedly includes opposing mainstream nominees supported by leading Democrats and Republicans.

In a bid to agree on strategy and maximize pressure on Joe Biden’s transition team, more than 100 far-left organizations, including Code Pink and Win Without War, held a Wednesday conference call “to try to get on the same page and make a more coherent pitch to the Biden team,” according to Politico. The organizations are preparing to recommend some 200 staffers who share these organizations’ foreign policy ideology, which includes rolling back sanctions on Iran and challenging American aid to Israel.

by Blazingcatfur•December 5, 2020December 4, 2020•0•Israel, USA

GOLDSTEIN: Freeland’s ambivalent view of Israel is Trudeau’s policy

Her problem is she either meant what she said about Israel, or she didn’t listen to the question she was asked before responding.

This started in question period last Thursday.

Freeland was asked by Conservative MP Michael Chong to explain why Canada has, for the second year in a row, voted for an anti-Israel resolution regularly passed by the United Nations General Assembly.

by Blazingcatfur•November 26, 2020November 26, 2020•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Israel

LILLEY: Under Trudeau, Canada shifts in its stance with Israel

Is Canada still a friend of Israel?

The answer you get depends on who you ask and where they are coming from, but what cannot be denied is that there is a change in Canada’s stance towards Israel since the Trudeau Liberals took power.

There are more Islamists to court.

by Blazingcatfur•November 25, 2020November 25, 2020•0•Canada, Israel