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Israel’s security brass are defending the High Court to save themselves
Israel's top court has consistently shielded soldiers from standing trial. Now they fear the judicial overhaul could expose them to prosecution overseas.
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Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown)
September 11, 2023
Israel storms Palestinian NGO offices after months-long failure to discredit them
Seven NGOs denounce raids as message of impunity against Palestinians and foreign governments, after army seizes equipment and welds office doors shut.
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Oren Ziv
August 18, 2022
Israel’s High Court just made an ICC investigation more likely
The court’s rejection of a lawsuit challenging the shooting of protesters in Gaza is a reminder that the Israeli legal system simply isn’t set up to investigate the policy makers and policies that result in alleged war crimes. Israel’s High Court of Justice may have just inadvertently increased the possibility that senior Israeli officials might…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
May 27, 2018
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Palestinian ‘lawfare’: Toward brinksmanship or progress?
Palestine’s accession to the International Criminal Court is an official declaration of lawfare, a new battleground in the conflict with Israel; settlements will be the thorniest legal issue in the courtroom (if it ever gets there). By Lolita Brayman Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ signing of the Rome Statute is a game changer for the Israeli-Palestinian…
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+972 Magazine
January 10, 2015
Stop giving Israelis a pass: What Dennis Ross could have said
Former U.S. ambassador and Mideast peace process envoy Dennis Ross penned a ‘New York Times’ op-ed titled, ‘Stop Giving Palestinians a Pass.’ In it, he calls out European diplomats for supporting international efforts to end the occupation while not demanding more of the Palestinians. Below is a duplication of Ross’s op-ed, almost word for word,…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
January 5, 2015
Palestine’s ICC bid is only as threatening as Israel makes it
Instead of reviling Palestinian accession to the International Criminal Court as an effort to delegitimize and isolate it, Israel would be better off focusing inward. By Emily Schaeffer Omer-Man One of the more ironic aspects of Israeli opposition to Palestinian accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is its deep involvement in…
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+972 Magazine
January 2, 2015
Why Israelis should welcome Palestine’s ICC bid
All Israeli citizens who hold human rights and democratic values dear should not only support Palestine’s bid to join the International Criminal Court, they should be disheartened by their own government’s response. Dr. Ishai Menuchin These days the government of Israel is once again warning the Palestinian Authority not to join the International Criminal Court…
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+972 Magazine
January 1, 2015
In Gaza, justice delayed is justice denied
Israeli army investigators have not even contacted the teenage victim of one of the few alleged war crimes it says it is probing. More than two months after Israel’s assault on Gaza began, victims of the air, land, and sea invasion continue to have no recourse against their occupiers. It’s been nearly two months since 17-year-old…
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Samer Badawi
September 17, 2014
A Palestinian ultimatum to end occupation?
In a diplomatic surprise, the Palestinians have threatened to turn to the International Criminal Court if no date is set for a withdrawal to the 1967 borders – a move that +972 writers predicted more than a year ago. The PLO will demand that the UN Security Council announce a deadline for Israel to withdraw…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
August 28, 2014
Resource: War crimes in Israeli law
Israel has not yet enacted a law defining war crimes, and the military courts judge soldiers who violate the rules of law according to “regular” offenses. Yesh Din’s new report presents the need for Israeli legislation on this subject. The approach currently applied in Israel argues that ordinary domestic legislation is adequate for the prosecution…
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+972 Resources
October 14, 2013
Justice denied: Prolonged occupation and Palestinian child detainees
With a political process that consistently demands peace without justice, Palestinian children living in the occupied territories have been denied justice at almost every turn. Israel seldom holds its officials and individual perpetrators accountable for violations of Palestinian human rights, particularly against children. The resulting impunity grants Israeli forces a license to expand, rather than…
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Brad Parker
July 20, 2013
Investigating Gaza flotilla deaths would sacrifice International Criminal Court’s legitimacy
The violent takeover of the Mavi Marmara simply does not stack up to other violent mass executions of passive civilians. Referring a relatively minor incident to the ICC in the context of a highly politically charged conflict would confirm the suspicions that the court is no more than a political wolf camouflaged in the neutral trappings…
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+972 Magazine
May 21, 2013
Int’l court rejects Palestian appeal – and Palestinian statehood
The International Criminal Court released a statement on Tuesday rejecting Palestine’s petition to investigate allegations of Israeli war crimes in the 2009 Gaza war, known as Cast Lead. With the fairly predictable decision, Israel avoids another round of international opprobrium. But there is also a symbolic meaning: another failure for Palestine’s unilateral statehood bid. The…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
April 4, 2012
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