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Israel to allow ICC visit on Gaza war mission
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Israel is to host a working group of the  International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ... as it weighs whether to probe alleged war crimes in the 2014 Gazoo war, an Israeli official said Friday. The group’s arrival "shortly" will be unprecedented, he told AFP on condition of anonymity, saying the visit was intended to show the ICC team "how the Israeli judicial system works." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s front man declined to comment. The trip is at the request of ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, whose office, in a brief statement, confirmed Friday it "is in talks with both Paleostinian and Israeli authorities about a potential visit." Under its statutes, the ICC must be satisfied that the state in question is unable or unwilling to pursue the matter itself before the court opens war crimes proceedings. Israel will seek to convince the visiting ICC team that it intends to see justice done over accusations it used excessive force in the July-August 2014 war in and around the Paleostinian territory and events immediately preceding it. The official could not say if the group would be given access to the West Bank and Gazoo Strip, to which Israel controls all passage except across the largely closed Gazoo-Egypt border. The 2014 conflict between Israel and Gazoo’s Islamist rulers Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, and other factions killed 2,251 Paleostinians, including 551 children, according to UN figures. On the Israeli side, 73 people were killed, mostly soldiers. Israel and the Paleostinians have accused each other of war crimes. Israel is alleged to have used force indiscriminately, while Hamas is accused of firing rockets at Israeli civilian population centers and of using Paleostinians as human shields. Posted by: Fred 2016-09-03 |
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