Israel is not in the ICC, neither is the US or Russia. “Palestine” is not a country.
>>Israel is not in the ICC, neither is the US or Russia. “Palestine” is not a country.
The first part is correct, but: (caution, from wikipedia):
In December 2014, the assembly of state parties of the ICC recognized Palestine as a “state” without prejudice to any legal or other decisions taken by the court or any other organization. A new declaration was submitted 1 January 2015 by Palestine, dated 31 December 2014, accepting the court’s jurisdiction effective 13 June 2014. Palestine acceded to the Rome Statute on 2 January 2015, and the prosecutor accepted Palestine as state party. However, the court has not made a ruling on the legal validity of this decision.
So, technically, the charges against the Hamas leadership can be prosecuted.
Seems they are not very smart lawyers.
Clinton, on his last day in office, signed onto the ICC.
Bush didn’t bat an eyelash at the reality of it.