The Monitor · McAllen, TX · 31 October 2015
CP-2015-026
Palestinians give to ICC details of alleged Israeli crimes
Probe aims to establish whether there is evidence to open full-scale investigation
BY MIKE CORDER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Transcribed from the clipping
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Palestinian leaders on Friday handed what they called evidence of Israeli crimes committed in the recent outburst of violence to prosecutors at the International Criminal Court.
Foreign Minister Riad Malki said the Palestinians submitted details to Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of what they described as extra-judicial killings of Palestinians as well as home demolitions and other forms of collective punishment. Bensouda launched a preliminary probe in January into possible crimes committed on Palestinian territory.
In June, Malki handed her a file detailing possible Israeli war crimes in Gaza and settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The preliminary ICC probe aims to establish if there are grounds to open a full-scale investigation. It is unclear when it will be completed. Malki said Friday he wants the court to finish it quickly to deter further deaths.
“I think it’s important for Israel to get messages — clear messages and strong messages — and that’s why we are pushing for expediting the preliminary examination,” he said. The Palestinian Authority has joined the Hague-based court. Israel is not a member and says the court does not have jurisdiction to hear the Palestinian complaint.
Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands, Haim Divon, said Palestinian leaders were attempting to “misuse the ICC as a stage for promoting their political agenda.”
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Context added by this archive
Short AP wire. Useful chiefly as a counterweight to the Haskel clipping on the same slide: here the words ‘extra-judicial killings’, ‘home demolitions’ and ‘collective punishment’ do reach an American page, but only inside a Palestinian official’s submission and bracketed by ‘what they described as.’
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"Palestinians give to ICC details of alleged Israeli crimes," The Monitor, 31 October 2015. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2015-026. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2015-026
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