Judges of the International Criminal Court, the international court based in The Hague, Netherlands, They decided That the court can investigate and judge alleged war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories. Doubts have arisen over this issue due to the special circumstances of some Palestinian lands, which the main international institutions consider to be lands occupied by Israel. The Israeli Prime Minister, who denies this condition, commented on the court’s decision, saying that it was motivated by “pure anti-Semitism” and that the court wanted to investigate “false war crimes”.
At the end of 2019, the chief prosecutor of the court, Fatou Bensouda, announced that there are sufficient conditions to open an investigation into war crimes in the territories of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Bensouda had mentioned both the Israeli army and Palestinian groups such as Hamas as possible perpetrators.
However, it was not clear whether or not the court had the authority to open proceedings relating to these lands. With the decision now announced by the court, an investigation will likely begin.
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