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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/ICC-to-open-war-crimes-case-against-Israel-breaking-600396
International Criminal Court Reopens War Crimes Probe Against Israel over 2010 Mavi Marmara Flotilla
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - The International Criminal Court's top appeals chamber on Monday reopened the case of war crimes allegations relating to the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla. In November 2014, ICC Prosecutor Bensouda tried closing the file a first time, saying that the 10 activists killed simply did not constitute a high enough body count to warrant her involvement, since she focuses on mass killings. In November 2017, Bensouda again decided to close the case, explaining that after reviewing additional information, "no potential case arising from this situation can, legally speaking, be considered of 'sufficient gravity'...therefore barring the opening of an investigation.... There was no reasonable basis to believe that the identified crimes were committed on a large-scale or as part of a plan or policy."