ICC Dismisses ’Israeli’ Claims of Bias in War Crimes Probe

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The International Criminal Court [ICC] has rejected "Israel's" claims that the court may carry out a biased investigation into the Zionist entity's war crimes during its devastating military aggression against the Gaza Strip last summer.

ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told "Israel's" Haaretz newspaper on Friday that The Hague-based court will launch an "unbiased" inquiry into the case.

The court will consider evidence brought by Palestinians against "Israel" "independently and impartially without fear or favor," Bensouda said, adding that her "office will be guided by a policy of investigating and prosecuting those most responsible for the commission of mass crimes."

The "Israeli" regime launched a 50-day deadly aggression on Gaza last summer that ended in August 2014 with a truce. The aggression left about 2,200 Palestinians, including 577 children, martyred and over 11,100 others injured.
In April, Palestinians formally joined the ICC, a membership that enabled them to bring war crimes charges against "Israeli" officials.

"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the Zionist entity will not allow the "Israeli" soldiers to appear at the ICC and face potential war crime charges.

Joining the ICC also opens up the possibility for Palestinians to challenge Tel Aviv's illegal settlement expansion in the occupied territories besides taking the entity to task for its war crimes during the 2014 aggression against the Gaza Strip.

In January, the ICC opened a preliminary examination into "Israel's" war crimes against Palestinians. "Israeli" Prime Minister, however, denounced ICC's decision as "absurd," claiming that the move runs against the international law.

This is while the Manchester Jews for Justice for Palestinians recently censured "Israel" for its war crimes against Palestinians and its continued occupation of their lands.
"It is well known how "Israel" has expelled the Palestinian population from their land and enforced a systematic, military and illegal occupation against those that remain," said the pro-Palestinian group.

It also lashed out at the British government over its complicity in "Israeli" war crimes against Palestinians through exporting weapons to Tel Aviv.

"We deplore the UK's complicity in "Israeli" war crimes, most recently the massacres and destruction of homes and livelihoods in Gaza last summer," the group said in an open letter published on the blog Mondoweiss.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team