Tag Archives: ICC

Shurat HaDin victory: Palestinian Authority and PLO found liable in NY court for supporting terror attacks

Posted on 25 February 2015 by

The Israeli NGO Shurat HaDin, the Israel Law Center, won a huge victory this week in a New York court as the PA and the PLO were both found liable for supporting a string of terror attacks in Israel in … Continue reading →

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The Palestinians’ gamble at the ICC

Posted on 5 January 2015 by

As I mentioned in my post last week, Mahmoud Abbas, acting in what appears to be a fit of pique on not achieving his goal of a Palestinian state at the UN Security Council, applied to join the International Criminal … Continue reading →

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The Legal Israeli Settlements

Posted on 3 January 2015 by

Originally posted on FirstOneThrough:
Many people have argued that it is illegal for Israelis to live beyond the 1949 Armistice Lines (east of the Green Line, EGL/Judea and Samaria/West Bank).  The question of “legitimacy” (not legality) has been repeated often by…

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The Palestinians grab a non-existent opportunity. Result: Fail

Posted on 31 December 2014 by

Abba Eban famously remarked that the Palestinians the Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Yesterday however the reverse happened. The Palestinians took an opportunity that wasn’t there and achieved a spectacular fail. (Amended as advised by cba … Continue reading →

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Lawfare works in both directions: The Palestinians receive ICC observer status but object to Shurat HaDin’s lawsuit against them

Posted on 12 December 2014 by

As we saw in Wednesday’s incident, when a Palestinian Minister terrorist died of a heart attack during a protest near the security fence over the Green Line, the Palestinians were extremely quick off the mark to write a letter of … Continue reading →

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Karma – when a Palestinian terrorist meets his death 30 years too late

Posted on 11 December 2014 by

Yesterday Karma paid a visit to a deserving character. During a protest by Palestinians near the Jewish town of Shilo, Ziad Abu Ain, a Palestinian Minister, died during an altercation with the Israeli border police. This incident has been jumped … Continue reading →

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