Jan 1, 2015

Should the PA's alliance with Hamas hurt their application to the ICC?

Netanyahu today said, regarding the Palestinian bid to join the International Criminal Court in the Hague that "The Palestinian Authority is an entity that maintains an alliance with a terrorist organization, Hamas, which commits war crimes." Netanyahu encouraged the ICC to reject the Palestinian application.

The only problem I see with Netanyahu's argument is that he seems to be forgetting that Europe, the home of The Hague and the ICC, no longer considers Hamas to be a terror organization. Europe recently removed Hamas from their list of terror organizations.

So, according to Europe's belief, there is nothing wrong or sinister with the Palestinian Authority's alliance with Hamas.

On that merit alone, I don't see why their alliance with Hamas would hurt their application. On the other hand, the argument that they are not a state might hold more water.

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2 comments:

  1. MiriamJanuary 01, 2015 11:29 PM

    Why does "Palestine" have an ambassador to the UN when they aren't a country? Why does "Palestine" have some embassies throughout the world (minus the one they blew up in Prague) when they don't have a country?

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  2. Tal BenscharJanuary 02, 2015 3:24 AM

    "Europe, the home of The Hague and the ICC, no longer considers Hamas to be a terror organization."

    The recent ruling was by the EU Court, not the ICC. And even the EU Court ruling was on procedural grounds, not a substantive determination. The ICC is not bound by that ruling, so it is a legitimate argument.

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