Legal Affairs
“I’m not anti-Semitic,” said Nelly Jordan, Sussex County Republican Party vice chairwoman in Delaware. “I feel I’ve served the party with the best of my ability and the best of my heart.”
Panel votes 16 to 5 in favor of forming a key committee to deliberate on the request • Netanyahu: “Blue and White have zero achievements to show the citizens of Israel, so they kidnapped the Knesset.”
Israeli ministers reportedly believe the International Criminal Court will launch an investigation against Israel within 90 days, and that high-ranking Israeli officials and IDF officers may be arrested abroad and extradited to The Hague.
“After much reflection and thought, I now realize my words were inappropriate. I apologize for raising questions about a people, a faith and a culture whose beliefs span a broad political spectrum,” she wrote.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls 1978 State Department memo arguing that Israeli settlements were illegal “deeply flawed” and says America is “returning to a balanced Reagan-era approach.”
“These jews [sic] have been enrolled to come and testify, to come and interrogate and to be involved in anything that the Democrats enlist them to do to try to look credible to the people of this country,” posted Sussex County Republican Party vice chairwoman Nelly Jordan.
The request, which was submitted just hours before a midnight deadline on Wednesday, will likely postpone the prime minister’s trial until after Israel’s March 2 election.
The Arab world’s largest bank is being sued in Israel for more than $5.7 billion for allegedly supporting and financing terrorist attacks from 1995 to 2005 that killed hundreds of Israelis and left thousands of people wounded.
Instead, Israel’s attorney general suggested that the High Court of Justice debate on Dec. 31 whether the courts should decide the issue before the election.
Israeli NGO Adalah says the International Criminal Court “made the right decision” with regard to prosecuting Israel for war crimes and is “prepared to submit legal material” to that end.
With European funding earmarked for the purpose, Israeli NGOs such as B’Tselem have ceaselessly attacked Israel’s Supreme Court with the aim of rendering the Jewish state vulnerable to prosecution in the International Criminal Court.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced in September that he planned to establish sovereignty in the Jordan Valley if his Likud Party would win the elections.
