Has this been Netanyahu’s plan all along – use this process to get the courts to step in to show the ICC how independent they are?
Cogent arguments can be made for whether the international community and its legal institutions have been fair or biased against Israel regarding the settlements enterprise.
But with the “settlement regulation bill” expected to become law on Monday, the main question is not whether international law as most of the world understands it is fair, but what consequences Israel faces, especially with the International Criminal Court, for passing legislation that flies in the face of world opinion? Sources close to Attorney- General Avichai Mandelblit have said that even from an Israeli law perspective, the bill could be called “the law for legalizing the infiltration of criminals” on to others’ lands, since it deals with appropriating Palestinian private property.
s can be made for whether the international community and its legal institutions have been fair or biased against Israel regarding the settlements enterprise.
But with the “settlement regulation bill” expected to become law on Monday, the main question is not whether international law as most of the world understands it is fair, but what consequences Israel faces, especially with the International Criminal Court, for passing legislation that flies in the face of world opinion? Sources close to Attorney- General Avichai Mandelblit have said that even from an Israeli law perspective, the bill could be called “the law for legalizing the infiltration of criminals” on to others’ lands, since it deals with appropriating Palestinian private property.
As reported by The Jerusalem Post