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EU Backs ICC Probe into US, Israel War Crimes in Occupied Palestinian Territories

Tuesday 9 March 2021
EU Backs ICC Probe into US, Israel War Crimes in Occupied Palestinian Territories

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US Opposes ICC Probe into Israeli Regimes Crimes against Palestinians

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Alwaght- The European Union has backed the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to probe war crimes committed by Israeli regime and the US in occupied Palestine.

The ICC's  decision has angered Tel Aviv and Washington that condemned the Hague for ruling that it has jurisdiction over the occupied Palestinian territories

However, the EU's spokesperson Peter Stano backed the ICC saying that, "The ICC is an independent and impartial judicial institution with no political objectives to pursue," The Electronic Intifada reported.

Peter Stano reiterated that the EU "respects the court's independence and impartiality," reproaching Israeli regime's outlandish charges of anti-Jewish bias against the ICC.

Stano noted that the ICC is "a court of last resort, a fundamental safety net to help victims achieve justice where this is not possible at the national level, thus where the state concerned is genuinely unwilling or unable to carry out the investigation or the prosecution."

In comments that appear to rebuke Israel and the US, Stano urged "states parties to the Rome Statute and non-states parties" – a clear reference to Israel and the US, neither of which has signed the court's founding statute – "to have a dialogue" with the ICC that should be "non-confrontational, non-politicised and based on law and facts."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been the harshest in his denunciation of the ICC. The far-right Likud leader has blasted the ICC move as "the essence of anti-Semitism."

Despite its pledge to uphold international law and distance itself from former US President Donald Trump, the Biden administration also opposed the ICC decision saying it was "firmly" against a war crimes probe. "We will continue to uphold our strong commitment to Israel and its security, including by opposing actions that seek to target Israel unfairly," State Department spokesperson Ned Price told a news conference last week.

Trump was so outraged by the ICC that he imposed sanctions on chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and another senior prosecution official. Biden, who is being urged by Netanyahu to retain the Trump-era sanctions, has yet to lift them.

 

 

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