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Israel Rejects the ICC Decision regarding Its Jurisdiction on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Israel rejects the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on jurisdiction in the Palestinian case. Israel is not a Party to the ICC and has not consented to its jurisdiction. Only sovereign States can delegate jurisdiction to the Court, and there is not, nor has there ever been, a Palestinian state. The Court in The Hague was established to confront mass atrocities that deeply shock the conscience of humanity; not to pursue democratic states with independent and effective legal systems. By this decision, the Court has violated its mandate and allowed itself to be dragged into a political conflict, making misguided determinations on issues over which it has no authority, and which the parties themselves have agreed must be resolved by direct negotiations. With this decision, the Court has contributed to the polarization between the parties, distancing them further from the very dialogue that is so necessary to resolve the conflict between them. This unwarranted intervention by a foreign court effectively rewards the Palestinian refusal to return to negotiations, plays into the hands of extremists, and turns the Court into a tool of anti-Israel propaganda.
2021-02-08 00:00:00
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