By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We do not accept that the ICC has jurisdiction in this instance, given that Israel is not a party to the Statute of Rome and Palestine is not a sovereign state,” wrote British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Naftali Bennett goes on the offensive and attacks the ICC, the International Criminal Court in the Hague, or as Bennett calls it, the "International Circus of Clowns".
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The court’s decision to investigate Israel for war crimes “shattered the monopoly on pain Israel purported to have,” says P.A. Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh.
By Israel Hayom
MK Nitzan Horowitz’s remark “justifying the political and anti-Semitic action of the court at The Hague and its persecution of IDF soldiers is a disgrace to the Israeli Knesset,” says Yamina Party’s Ayelet Shaked.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The court’s ability to “investigate, probe and render justice” is being undermined in the United States, says Omar.
The Palestinian Authority warned Arabs to not be tricked by intermediaries trying to buy land on behalf of the Jews.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
One of Khan’s first tasks in his nine-year term will be to decide whether or not to investigate Israel for war crimes it did not commit.
By Israel Hayom
Maj. Gen. Itai Veruv, who heads the Israel Defense Forces Military Colleges, is overseeing a team that includes an expert in international law.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
MK Ariel Kallner is the head of the Knesset’s Lobby for the Fight Against Delegitimization and Anti-Semitism.
By Akiva Bigman
With European funding earmarked for the purpose, Israeli NGOs such as B’Tselem have ceaselessly attacked Israel’s Supreme Court with the aim of rendering the Jewish state vulnerable to prosecution in the International Criminal Court.
Adalah, which has received nearly $700,000 from the New Israel Fund (NIF), announced that it is “prepared to submit legal material” to the ICC to aid its war crimes probe against Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Jarrar was arrested for her role in the bombing and murder of Rina Shnerb and wounding her father and brother.
The lawsuit will be the first civilian response to incendiary kite terrorism.
Israel may feel it is in its best interest to placate the court, but the ICC as an arm of Western ambitions throughout the region and the developing world does not have Israel’s interest in mind.
Theoretically, the Prime Minister, Lieberman, Ya'alon, Barak and other former ministers could be arrested. Practically, it won’t happen.
By JNi.Media
The ICC Judges rebuked Bensouda for deciding to not go after Israel for war crimes for the Mavi Marmara.
US alone voted no on UNHRC Resolution condemning only Israel for wrongdoing in last summer's conflict.
More than 40 refugees were killed in a Saudi-led air strike while PA office accuses Israel crime by building homes.
What lawyer do you know charges only $1300 for a 7 page legal brief in an esoteric field of expertise of international law?
The more ludicrous the anti-Israel lobby, the harder it will collapse.
Palestinian Authority child soldiers - a crime against humanity.
Israel is not boycotting Europe. It simply is taking its business elsewhere, says Netanyahu.
The ICC is a political organization dependent on donor countries.
"Israel rejects the absurd decision of the ICC prosecutor," Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said.
The Obama administration is not in love with Israel but certainly is divorcing itself from the Palestinian Authority.
Abbas may be realizing that his ICC bid was a big mistake for him personally.
It's not an April Fool's joke, though it makes the UN and ICC look like fools.
Two can play the "I'll see you in court for war crimes" game, Israel tells the Palestinian Arabs.
The question is will the Palestinian Authority evaporate because it has no raison d’etre or has no money.
The US says it is "deeply troubled" by PA leader Mahmoud Abbas signing the Rome Statute to join ICC.
The UN General Assembly approves resolution to refer N. Korea to the Intl Criminal Court at The Hague.
Abbas may meet Israel in the ICC a lot sooner than he thought.
The enemy that you know is a better friend than the enemy you don’t know.
"I'm used to sitting in jail cells with serial killers, did they think I would be intimidated by some American college students?" Berko said in a phone interview on Wednesday evening with The Jewish Press.
The gigantic (as it was billed) pro-Settlement rally in Binyanei Ha’uma on Wednesday night, was a gigantic success.
If Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh want to go to The Hague – we will be there to meet them.
By Rachel Henderson, Israel Campus Beat
Summer break brings countless ways to become a more skilled advocate for Israel. Many organizations, including The David Project, StandWithUs, Hasbara Fellowships, the Israel on Campus Coalition and others offer students opportunities to learn how to strengthen their skills on campus.
In a key defeat for NGO "Lawfare", the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Tuesday decided that it does not have jurisdiction to begin an investigation over cases related to the 2008-09 Gaza War because "Palestine" is not a state. But this victory over Israel's Palestinian foes may not be long lasting.