Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel would inform the International Criminal Court that it is investigating possible war crimes in will not cooperate with the Palestinian territories.
In a statement, Netanyahu said Israel would respond to a notification letter from the International Criminal Court, clarifying that it would die Does not recognize the authority of the court and that the state in able to examine himself.
The Ynet news site announced earlier Thursday that Netanyahu decided not to cooperate with the investigation after meeting with senior ministers and officials to respond to a judicial notification letter before the Friday deadline.
Israel is not a party to the Rome Statute, on which the International Criminal Court was founded, and therefore not a party to the Tribunal.
The prosecutors of the International Criminal Court said that die Letters sent to all concerned parties on March 9th gave them one month to inform the court whether they were conducting their own investigation into the alleged crimes and die Investigation of the ICC in in the meantime wanted to move.
The Palestinians said they would be working with the International Criminal Court, whose investigation is focused on alleged war crimes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
“We have die Reply sent to the International Criminal Court, “said Omar Awadallah, a senior official at the Palestinian Foreign Ministry.
Awadallah added: “The State of Palestine, as a member of the International Criminal Court, will continue to work fully with the International Criminal Court to bring about justice die Reaching out to victims of the Palestinian people and holding Israel accountable for its crimes. “
In a speech on Wednesday, Netanyahu had die ICC investigation described as “absurd”.
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