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All major and minor operatives on the Israeli left have long insisted that if our elected leaders stray from the left’s positions on either domestic or strategic issues, the gates of hell will open to Israel on the international stage.
May 31, 2021
In light of recent events in the Middle East, the bombing of Israeli major cities by Hamas, Eli Hazan, IDU member party LIKUD’s Foreign Affairs Director, attempts to describe the latest escalation. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is only one of many territorial and religious conflicts worldwide, but it seems to draw more international attention than any other. In 2005, Israel vacated 10,000 settlers from the Gaza Strip, pulled out all its military forces, and withdrew to the last centimetre of the international border, a move that was strongly disputed by the Israeli public.
In 2001, twenty years ago this week, the Palestinians began firing rockets at Israel. The notion that Palestinians would cease this activity and build an independent community if Israel pulled out was thereby refuted. The rocket launches did not stop; they amplified. Having won the Palestinian elections in 2006, Hamas took over the Gaza Strip completely. Instead of investing its funds towards th
Israel May Talk to The ICC Over Its War Crimes Probe albawaba.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from albawaba.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is seen through a plexiglass lectern in the court room of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, September 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)
Israel faces a dilemma: should it argue its case to International Criminal Court investigators looking into alleged war crimes in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, or refuse to cooperate?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a vocal critic of the ICC, declared Israel was “under attack” after prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced Wednesday she was opening a probe into the actions of all sides in the 2014 Gaza conflict.
“We will speak the truth in every forum, in every country, on every stage until this outrageous decision is reversed and becomes null and void,” he said.