Monday, February 08, 2021

  • Monday, February 08, 2021
  • Elder of Ziyon

Image result for state of palestine flagThe International Criminal Court decided that it had jurisdiction to charge Israel with crimes. As the NYT notes, one of the reasons was that Palestine was legally a state :

Dealing a severe diplomatic blow to Israel, the court ruled that for its purposes, Palestine qualified as the state on the territory where the events in question occurred and defined the territorial jurisdiction as extending to the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. The ruling was not unanimous, with one of the three judges, Péter Kovács, presenting a dissenting opinion, disputing the notion that the court has jurisdiction in this case.

Péter Kovács’ dissent includes an interesting annex that shows, quite clearly, that Palestinian leaders themselves do not consider Palestine to be an independent state.

The name of the annex is “Public Annex 1: Recent statements of leading Palestinian personalities on the ‘State of Palestine’ as an ‘aim to achieve’ but not as an existing, sovereign and independent State.”

Here are only a few of the quotes he brings – all within the past year.

 

Who Date Where Quote
Mahmoud Abbas 11 February 2020 United Nations Security Council

‘Mr. Trump’s plan [...] will not lead to the implementation of the vision of two independent   sovereign States, Israel and Palestine.’

Mahmoud Abbas 19 May 2020 Ramallah

‘that the peace process will then be held under the auspices of the United Nations through
holding an international conference [...] to end the occupation and establish an independent
Palestinian state
.’

Mahmoud Abbas 1 December 2020

United Nations with Secretary-
General,
General Assembly, Security Council

‘to convene an international conference [...] leading to an end of the occupation and the
achievement by the Palestinian people of their freedom and independence within their State’

Mohammad Shtayyeh 10 December 2020

Meeting with Spanish Foreign
Minister

‘For the Palestinian side, any political path must aim to end the [Israeli] occupation and establish a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders’

Foreign Minister
Riad Malki

26 January 2021 United Nations Security Council

‘While we pursue our long journey to freedom and peace, we call for immediate protection for
our people, who are equally entitled to security, until such time where we can ensure their
protection as a sovereign State
.’

Riad Malki 30 April 2020 Ramallah

‘if the annexation plan is implemented, the possibility of an independent, sovereign, viable and geographically contiguous Palestinian state will be undermined’

 

It is an interesting state where its own leaders don’t consider it as such. One would think they would know.

Which makes the ICC decision that Palestine is a state, contradicting its own leaders, most curious.

It calls into question the entire ICC methodology.

(h/t Irene)



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