ICC probe launched in March could cover current bloodshed These are events we are monitoring very seriously Top prosecutor rejects allegation of anti-Israel bias ICC investigating violence in devastating 2014 Gaza war
By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, May 13 (Reuters) - Individuals involved in a new eruption of Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed may be targeted by an International Criminal Court investigation now under way into alleged war crimes in earlier bouts of the conflict, its top prosecutor said in an interview.
The ICC s Fatou Bensouda told Reuters she would press ahead with her inquiry even without the cooperation of Israel, which accuses her office of anti-Semitic bias and - like its closest ally the United States - rejected membership in the treaty-based court, objecting to its jurisdiction.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (Reuters) - Individuals involved in a new eruption of Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed may be targeted by an International Criminal Court investigation now under way into alleged war crimes in earlier bouts of the conflict, its top prosecutor said in an interview.
FILE PHOTO: Public Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda attends the trial of Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda at the ICC (International Criminal Court) in the Hague, the Netherlands August 28, 2018. Bas Czerwinski/Pool via REUTERS
The ICC’s Fatou Bensouda told Reuters she would press ahead with her inquiry even without the cooperation of Israel, which accuses her office of anti-Semitic bias and - like its closest ally the United States - rejected membership in the treaty-based court, objecting to its jurisdiction.Israel and Palestinian Islamist groups plunged this week into their fiercest round of fighting since 2014, with punishing Israeli air strikes on Gaza and militants based in the densely popu
CORRECTED-INTERVIEW-ICC prosecutor warns against crimes in escalating Israel-Palestinian violence Reuters 3 hrs ago
(Corrects to remove reference to investigators in paragraph 15) ICC probe launched in March could cover current bloodshed These are events we are monitoring very seriously Top prosecutor rejects allegation of anti-Israel bias ICC investigating violence in devastating 2014 Gaza war
By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, May 13 (Reuters) - Individuals involved in a new eruption of Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed may be targeted by an International Criminal Court investigation now under way into alleged war crimes in earlier bouts of the conflict, its top prosecutor said in an interview.
East Jerusalem s Sheikh Jarrah becomes emblem of Palestinian struggle
By Reuters
Rami Ayyub, Zainah El-Haroun and Stephen Farrell
Jerusalem - A putrid stench hangs over Sheikh Jarrah, a tiny neighbourhood of East Jerusalem where protesters are trying to prevent Israel evicting eight Palestinian families and letting Jews move in.
Over the past week, Israeli police have repeatedly fired a foul-smelling liquid known as skunk water that lingers through the night to try to disperse the demonstrators.
The standoff has seen violent clashes around the walled Old City and on Monday led to rocket fire by Gaza militants, drawing Israeli airstrikes on Gaza that health officials there said killed nine Palestinians.