ICC now has jurisdiction over West Bank and Gaza ’abuses’

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court might open a war crimes probe into Israeli military actions, after the ICC said that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war. While Palestinians welcomed the decision, Israel slammed the move, with the Israeli Prime Minister accusing the court of ’legal persecution.’

ICC now has jurisdiction over West Bank and Gaza ’abuses’

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