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UNITED STATES PRESSURES ICC NOT TO PROBE ISRAEL CRIMES presstv/detail/2014/08/18/375796/icc-forced-not-to-probe-israel-crimes/ The United States and some other Western countries are reportedly exerting significant pressure on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prevent an investigation into Israel’s war crimes in the besieged Gaza Strip. According to The Guardian on Monday, Palestinians had demanded that the court in The Hague examine Israel’s war crimes based on a Palestinian request in 2009. However, The Guardian reported that due to US pressure, the ICC is divided on whether it should launch an investigation. According to the report, the UK and France, which are both among the biggest contributors to the ICC budget, also try to prevent investigations into war crimes committed by Israel. The Guardian said that the probe would not only examine Israel’s war crimes in its recent onslaught on Gaza, but also address the issue of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The potential investigation could have broad ramifications for the Israeli regime, The Guardian said. It added that such a probe has become a key issue in the ceasefire talks between the Palestinians and Israelis in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Earlier this month, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki said he is pushing for a war crimes case at the ICC against Israel due to the Zionist regimes brutal aggression of the besieged Gaza Strip. Everything that has happened in the last 28 days is clear evidence of war crimes committed by Israel, amounting to crimes against humanity, Malki told reporters after meeting prosecutors at the ICC on August 5. There is no difficulty for us to show or build the case. Evidence is there ... Israel is in clear violation of international law, he added. Palestine is a non-member observer state at the United Nations and its ICC membership has been delayed only because of political quarrels. Israel launched a major military offensive against the blockaded Gaza Strip on July 8, which raged for more than a month. The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and Israel had agreed on the extension of a 72-hour truce for five more days late on August 13. The five-day truce is due to expire Monday at midnight. At least 2,016 Palestinians, including 541 children, 250 women and 95 elderly men, have lost their lives so far and as many as 10,196 others have suffered injuries in the Israeli attacks. IA/AS/MAM 78 108 206 Related Stories: Norway FM calls for end to Gaza siege‘Months needed to fix damage to Gaza’‘Bibi poses threat to Israel survival’Israel to give home to illegal settlersUN official urges end to Gaza siegeGaza children need psychological care Comments (12)Add Comment Click Here Note: The views expressed and the links provided on our comment pages are the personal views of individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Press TV. Jered Aug 19, 2014 12:30 AM That is not surprising. ICC has proven to be a tool of the West. However, its decision not to investigate the crimes against peace and against humanity would make them accessory to those crimes, and in the court of public opinion the so-called “justices” will be exposed as handmaidens of the West. Click to Rate ReplyRating1 Leonard Melton Aug 19, 2014 12:25 AM It looks to me like a name change is in order to call this international kangaroo court the Israeli Criminal Court and since those criminals are running this court anyway, I fully expect nothing will be done about Israeli war crimes or any of those committed by the Western countries either. Click to Rate ReplyRating0 J.J. Aug 19, 2014 12:1 AM The I.C.C. gets most of its money from The U.S.A.,U.K., and France. Am I crazy, or is that what they calla Conflict Of Interest in Legal Terms. Come to thinkof it, The U.N., sits on land, donated by The RockefellerFamily. When it comes to these countries, and Israel, it seems nothing is fair, the Game is always Fixed,the cards always stacked against the weakest. If The U.N. and I.C.C. do no charge Israel, thenit proves they are just puppets, and all good nationsmust quit, and the honest nations, should set up their own U.N. and International Criminal Court, andleave this Kangaroo Court to The U.S.A., U.K. France and Israel. Click to Rate ReplyRating0 oemar Aug 18, 2014 10:55 PM what is icc the mafia is 1000 time better than icc murders israhel satanyahudy Click to Rate ReplyRating2 Ashamed Aug 18, 2014 10:35 PM How come sometimes my comments are not posted? Click to Rate ReplyRating6 Ashamed Aug 18, 2014 10:23 PM ? Click to Rate ReplyRating2 Ashamed Aug 18, 2014 10:8 PM The ICC was splitt on its decision wether too, blah blah. I have an issue with this, because CLEARLY is was norrowed down too opinion. Question is, was that opinion based on legal interpretation, or was it based on personal affiliation. It makes a massive difference obviously, but the bottom line is this, The Law is The Law. This to me is what is annoying the common man, there is a grave lack of common sense, common law. Law at the end of the day is designed for that very purpose, to discourage and confuse the common man with grandiose words and processes. The deed was simple, then so should the trial and punishment be executed simply but most of ALL, JUSTLY. No wonder there is an air of International discontent. No one is above the law, wether it be divine or manmade. Click to Rate ReplyRating6 US Citizen Aug 18, 2014 10:2 PM It make no difference whether the mafia criminal imperialist arrogance sees itself as beyond the law or the law itself. There will be no peace in the world as long as it exists and as long as it does not accept that their is one standard of justice which applies equally for ALL. Click to Rate ReplyRating23 We are all one Aug 18, 2014 9:58 PM It all goes to prove the truth regarding how much influence Israel has over all of the Christian World/the West.In these countries only very few dare to speak against Israel due to the fact that the entire main stream media and news media is directly under Jewish control. Click to Rate ReplyRating27 John Scully Aug 18, 2014 9:53 PM If the ICC backs off with these investigations, due to pressure from The US and not doubt Israel, then that meqns there is no real justice in this world,which also means the law is bought and paid fo by the rich. Click to Rate ReplyRating25 Mephistoceles Aug 18, 2014 9:19 PM There was a massive survellience by Court Direct Action Units August 15th on a Jewish Child kidnap/Sacrificing ring August 15th in Montreal, Quebec in Canada. 2 Children were two be killed by a jewish occukt group called the Ninth Circle. So this shows that they are into witchcraft heavily. Click to Rate ReplyRating0 moon pie Aug 18, 2014 9:1 PM If the ICC does not investigate, and hear the Palestinian case fairly, and without bias, then there is no international law at all, it is just another grandiose lie foisted upon the people, to reassure us that genocide is okay, and that we still have the freedom of choice, and thats what we chose. 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