Palestinian flag by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague during the lawsuit accusations of crimes committed in Palestine by Israeli political members. Three Palestinian rights groups from France have filed a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, urging the body to investigate Israel for “apartheid” as well as “genocide” and issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday by human rights organizations Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, called for “urgent attention to the continuous barrage of Israe
Palestinian flag by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague during the lawsuit accusations of crimes committed in Palestine by Israeli political members. Three Palestinian rights groups from France have filed a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, urging the body to investigate Israel for “apartheid” as well as “genocide” and issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday by human rights organizations Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, called for “urgent attention to the continuous barrage of Israeli airstrikes on densely populated civilian areas within the Gaza Strip”, which have killed more than 10,500 Palestinians, almost half of them children and nearly injured, according to Gaza health officials. The submitted document also asked the (ICC) to expand its ongoing war crimes investigation by looking further into “the suffocating siege imposed on [Gaza], the forced displacement of its population, the use of toxic gas, and the denial of necessities, such as food, water, fuel, and electricity”. These acts amount to “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity”, including “genocide”, the lawsuit said. In addition to the above, the three groups want arrest warrants to be issued against Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
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