Posted on 01/16/2015 9:36:50 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The International Criminal Court has begun considering whether to investigate alleged war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Hague-based ICC said on Friday it had "opened a preliminary examination into the situation in Palestine".
It is an automatic step taken by the court upon a referral. The Palestinians have asked the ICC to investigate Israeli "crimes" since June 2014.
Israel and the US have strongly criticised the Palestinians' move.
After the Palestinians applied to join the ICC, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they had chosen "a path of confrontation" and that Israel would "not sit idly by".
Israel has accused the Palestinians themselves of committing war crimes, including by firing missiles into civilian areas during the 50-day conflict between Israel and militants in Gaza last year.
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Where’s Palestine anyways?
Time for another nice big BS flag. Right here :
A large gay bar outside Islamabad.
There is no “ situation in Palestine “. They cant have something in nothing. (What a f-Ing farce!!!).
I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover that the ICC judge is a Black African Muslim.
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