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Fast Forward A $35 deck of cards aims to shame world leaders over Gaza casualties
The cards are the product of an 'anonymous collective'
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Fast Forward South Africa accuses Israel of genocide: What happened in court today?
‘No attack, no matter how severe, can justify this violence,’ a South African lawyer argued before the court
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Fast Forward Is Alan Dershowitz going to represent Israel at the International Court of Justice?
Israel will appear to contest South Africa's recent claim that it is commiting genocide in Gaza
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Opinion For years, Israel has denied that the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over the Jewish state. After the Hamas attack, that changed.
When Palestinians have attempted to sue Israel for war crimes in the ICC in the past, Israel said the court was not legitimate
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Opinion The ICC probe of war crimes against Palestinians will deepen rifts between American Jews
Last Wednesday, the International Criminal Court announced it was opening an investigation into alleged crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territories. It was a significant development in a process that has seen countries clash over whether those territories even fall within the ICC’s jurisdiction. Fatou Bensouda, the court’s outgoing chief prosecutor, succeeded in convincing the…
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Fast Forward Trump blasts ICC’s investigation of Israel, authorizes sanctions
(JTA) — President Donald Trump authorized sanctions against the International Criminal Court should it pursue cases against U.S. citizens and cited what he said was its anti-Israel bias. In an executive order issued Thursday, Trump approved economic sanctions and travel restrictions against ICC workers directly involved in investigating American troops and intelligence officials for possible…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Demand ICC Probe Of Israel Killings On Gaza Border
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki asked prosecutors at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday to launch a full investigation into accusations of Israeli human rights abuses on Palestinian territory, saying the evidence was “insurmountable.” Maliki submitted a so-called “referral” giving the prosecutor at the Hague-based court the legal basis to move beyond a preliminary inquiry…
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Breaking News Hundreds Protest ‘Anti-Israel Bias’ at International Criminal Court in The Hague
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (JTA) — Hundreds of Christians and Jews gathered outside the seat of the U.N. international court for a Hanukkah event that they said was also a protest against anti-Israel bias. The lighting of Hanukkah candles Wednesday on a 36-foot menorah outside the Hague’s Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, was the…
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