Posted on 04/09/2018 12:13:04 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
The International Criminal Court at The Hague may prosecute Israel over the deaths of Arab rioters who clashed with IDF forces on the Gaza-Israel frontier over the past week and a half, a top ICC official warned Sunday.
Chief Prosecutor for the ICC Fatou Bensouda issued a statement Sunday demanding an end to the use of violence on the border between Israel and Gaza, and suggested that both Israel and the Hamas terror organization could be held responsible for the deaths of some 30 Arab rioters and terrorists killed since activists launched six weeks of violent protests on the frontier on March 30th.
"The resort to violence must stop," Bensouda said. "Any person who incites or engages in acts of violence including by ordering, requesting, encouraging or contributing in any other manner to the commission of crimes within ICC's jurisdiction is liable to prosecution before the Court.”
Bensouda added that her office had launched a “preliminary” probe ahead of a possible prosecution over the use of force “in Palestine” in recent years.
“The situation in Palestine is under preliminary examination by my office.”
“While a preliminary examination is not an investigation, any new alleged crime committed in the context of the situation in Palestine may be subjected to my office’s scrutiny.”
The ICC Chief Prosecutor hinted that her office would examine both Israeli use of force and Hamas use of human shields in Gaza for possible prosecution.
.....
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Dat’s a huge birch!
Why is Israel part of the International Court? What are they getting that’s positive? I am so thankful that we said, “hell with you, the United States will not be part of the International Court”. Can Israel just quit the court today?
Rioters get shot. End of story.
Most probably not.
You figure these guys are Christians? I don’t.
Play act like they are to their base.
Fake hair, fake eyebrows, fake judge on a fake court. ICC should be disbanded, its buildings burned to the ground, and its terrorists’ heads put on pikes ...
Message sent to ARAB Rioters.
' Oh... Wait...
Is that the name of the 3-star hotel in Ghaza? “Welcome to the Violence Resort hotel, restaurant and casino. I’ll be your waiter for this evening. May I take your order?”
Well, naturally anything created by Al Jazeera has to be the truth.
Riot, get shot.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.