{"id":75600,"date":"2020-01-17T17:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=75600"},"modified":"2020-01-15T09:35:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T07:35:50","slug":"15-00-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=75600","title":{"rendered":"Israel Said to be Concerned About Secret ICC Arrest Warrants"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Israel Said to be Concerned About Secret ICC Arrest Warrants<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Israel Hayom \/ JNS.org<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The headquarters of the International Criminal Court. Photo: Hypergio via Wikicommons.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Members of Israel\u2019s Diplomatic-Security Cabinet are said to be \u201cprofoundly concerned\u201d that the International Criminal Court will launch a war crimes investigation against Israel within 90 days and may issue secret arrest warrants against Israeli officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last month, ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced<\/a>: \u201cI am satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation into the situation in Palestine,\u201d adding, \u201cThere is a reasonable basis to believe that war crimes were committed in the context of the 2014 hostilities in Gaza.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As Israel is not a signatory to the Rome Statute that lends the ICC its power, Jerusalem claims Bensouda has no jurisdiction over the matter. The Palestinian Authority joined the Rome Statute in 2015. Most of the prominent actors in the international arena are signatories to the Rome Statute, including all Western European countries, Canada, Australia, all Latin American countries and most African countries. The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the ICC does, indeed, issue such warrants, high-ranking Israeli officials and military officers may be arrested upon traveling abroad and extradited to The Hague.<\/span><\/p>\n

Legal experts reportedly told the Cabinet that a stronger case could be made in The Hague over settlement construction, meaning that every Israeli official party to promoting construction in Judea and Samaria and eastern Jerusalem could potentially face the ICC.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel Defense Forces personnel who participated in military campaigns in the Gaza Strip, including in quelling Hamas riots on the Israel-Gaza border, could also face the ICC.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ministers further discussed the economic implications of the ICC probe, as well as the harm the move could inflict on Israel\u2019s international image.<\/span><\/p>\n

Legal experts said that there is no doubt that the Palestinians and their supporters will use any such investigation to relentlessly pressure international conglomerates to stop doing business with Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ramallah is also expected to pressure academic and cultural figures to refrain from visiting Israel, \u201cso as not to appear as supportive of a state accused of alleged war crimes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already reached out to Israel\u2019s allies asking them to help defend the Jewish state against the potential war crimes probe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jerusalem maintains the ICC has no jurisdiction in Israel, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The United States, Australia and Hungary have already expressed opposition to the ICC involving itself in a case about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hungarian Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 said Budapest will stand by Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe fully understand your concerns, since the Hungarian government has always highly appreciated the principle and value of national sovereignty,\u201d Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 wrote in a letter to Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThus, we believe that your position with regard to the lack of jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in the given case is justified.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 compared the situation to Hungary\u2019s disputes with the European Union and the United Nations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Katz thanked Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 and said that he appreciates Hungary\u2019s stance, which he said is \u201cconsistent with the values of justice and the excellent relations between the countries.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A senior source told Israel Hayom<\/em> that the Cabinet was made to understand that the ICC investigation was not a theoretical threat, but rather a serious and imminent one, which requires immediate attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe very fact that an ICC investigation will be launched will make Israel synonymous with the darkest regimes in Africa, where truly horrific war crimes have been committed. It\u2019s unthinkable,\u201d said the source.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe ICC will not discuss what is going on in Syria, Iran, or China, but it has no problem training its sights on us. This is a threat that requires a quick and crushing response.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Another source noted that in the current situation, Israel would find it increasingly difficult to prevent the investigation on its own, saying that the United States would have to provide  \u201csignificant assistance\u201d on the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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