The ICC said in a statement that judges had “decided, by majority, that the Court’s territorial jurisdiction in the Situation in Palestine… extends to the territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem”.
By AFP – Feb 06,2021 – JORDAN TIMES
An elderly Palestinian man scuffles with Israeli security forces as he protests the removal by an army bulldozer of a temporary health unit in the village of Al Mufagara, near Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, in January (AFP photo)
THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled on Friday that it had jurisdiction over the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, paving the way for the tribunal to open a war crimes investigation.
ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda had asked the court for its legal opinion on whether its reach extended to areas occupied by Israel, after announcing in December 2019 that she wanted to start a full probe.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the ICC as a “political body” while the United States said it had “serious concerns” over the decision. The Palestinians called it a…
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