On Wednesday, 3 March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, confirmed the âinitiation of an investigation respecting the Situation in Palestineâ. This will only âcover crimes within the jurisdiction of the Courtâ over a very short period of time, since 13 June 2014. Bensouda note that âthe decision to open an investigation followed a painstaking preliminary examination undertaken by my Office that lasted close to five years.â There is certainly nothing hasty or ill-considered about this ICC decision. It should be remembered that, in 2017, it was Fatou Bensouda who declined to commence an investigation into allegations made about the conduct of the Israeli Defence Forces in the case of the