Legal Affairs
The minister’s Otzma Yehudit Party made the legislation a condition for joining the government.
The U.N. General Assembly in late December approved a resolution, at the behest of the P.A., calling on the court to “render urgently an advisory opinion” on the status of Judea and Samaria.
“The ICC has no legitimate jurisdiction over the United States or any country that does not recognize the ICC’s authority,” says Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton.
One hundred and six lawmakers have already expressed support for the bill, says Maurice Hirsch of Palestinian Media Watch.
The NIF is incorporated as a foreign company in Israel and therefore its Israeli donors aren’t entitled to tax benefits.
“No other member state in the history of the U.N. has faced this level of incendiary scrutiny,” the Conference said.
Mehdi Bahman was arrested in October for an interview in which he called for peace with the Jewish state.
The measure, passed by 87-26 with 53 abstentions, accuses the Jewish state of adopting “discriminatory legislation and measures.”
“No one will investigate IDF soldiers and no one will preach to us about morals in warfare, certainly not Al-Jazeera,” says Israeli premier.
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In a letter to more than 50 world leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid says that bringing the matter before the ICJ would contravene the principle of direct talks and play into the hands of extremists.
“It was made clear to the ambassador that this behavior does not reflect relations between friendly states,” the Foreign Ministry said.
