Adalah welcomes opening of ICC investigation into suspected war crimes, ‘situation in Palestine'

03/03/2021

Israel's shielding of those responsible for crimes, and its refusal to conduct genuine, effective, and independent investigations into cases Adalah brought before Israeli legal system, have culminated in this pivotal moment.

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel responded to the announcement by the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, on 3 March 2021, that it has opened its investigation into the “Situation in Palestine”:

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel welcomes the opening of the International Criminal Court investigation announced today, 3 March 2021, by ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda – the highest legal authority in international criminal law – into the “situation in Palestine.” This decision confirms what Adalah has maintained for years: there is serious and grave suspicion that Israel is committing war crimes against the Palestinian people. In addition to continued construction of settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military acts in violation of the norms of international law and systematically violates the laws of war – especially when it indiscriminately harms civilians. Israel's continued shielding of those responsible for these crimes, and its refusal to conduct genuine, effective, and independent investigations into the cases Adalah has brought before the Israeli legal system, have culminated in this pivotal moment.