The ICC Palestinian challenge
Amid a new wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence that has already left nearly 100 people dead since the beginning of the year, the International Criminal Court is still working on Palestine with regard to events since 2014. This task is complicated by the international community’s current preoccupations with the Ukraine issue.
In 2009, the Israeli army carried out a military offensive, Operation Cast Lead, in the Gaza Strip, claiming it was responding to rocket fire from Hamas, which controls that part of the Palestinian territory. Nearly 1,500 Palestinians (82% civilians) were killed, as well as three Israeli civilians and nine Israeli soldiers.… Seguir leyendo »