Legal Affairs
The official signing, to occur in a private ceremony because of the coronavirus pandemic, happens to come during Jewish American Heritage Month.
Translated excerpts from an interview conducted in Hebrew by Boaz Golan at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem shortly after the first hearing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial.
Jerusalem District Court sets the next session of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial for July 19.
Ahead of his arraignment in the first-ever criminal trial of a sitting Israeli premier, the Jewish state’s longest-serving prime minister accuses the left of “stitching together” charges against him after having failed to remove him at the ballot box.
Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin says it’s not only the premier, but the future of Israeli democracy and law enforcement that is going on trial.
Fees were charged to circumvent “American sanctions,” with the result of millions of dollars of foreign currency coming into Iran.
Lod court convicts Amiram Ben-Uliel on three counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, one count of arson • Sentencing hearing set for June 9 • Ben-Uliel’s attorney to appeal verdict.
The ICC can claim jurisdiction when countries fail to exercise legal proceedings, including where they purport to act, but are unwilling or unable to do so. That should not include Israel.
“It has become painfully clear that more must be done to educate Americans about the horrors of the Holocaust and the threat posed to the Jewish community through the use of Nazi hate symbols,” said Soifer.
The letters come after International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda opened an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the 2014 Gaza war.
The legislation, which comes in Jewish American Heritage Month, would expand the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s education programming to teachers nationwide.
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s impartiality is questionable as there have been contacts at the highest level between the ICC and the Palestinian Authority in what can be deemed apparent collusion to charge Israel with crimes.
