Palestinian rivals Fatah, Hamas to discuss elections
Cairo meeting to hammer out technical, legal, and security issues that must be resolved first before the legislative and presidential votes, set to be held on May 22 and July 31, the first since 2006 - which saw a landslide victory for the Gaza-based Islamist group
AFP |
Updated: 02.07.21 , 17:19
The key Palestinian factions Fatah, which controls the West Bank, and Gaza s Hamas Islamists plan to meet in Cairo this week to tackle issues that could threaten long-awaited Palestinian elections.
Technical, legal and security issues must be resolved first, observers say, to ensure the first Palestinian votes in 15 years are not derailed by acrimony between the former enemies.
The ICC has put Palestinians on global agenda once again
Analysis: After four years of Trump and year of their Arab brethren turning their backs, the Palestinians understand that a new wind is blowing and that they must take advantage of the moment, just as Israel has done over the past four years
Shimrit Meir |
Published: 02.07.21 , 12:53
The Palestinians began their moves against Israel at the International Criminal Court in January 2015. They lit the flame, clad themselves in endless patience - they call it legal steadfastness - and waited. And now that forbearance has paid off with the announcement of potential war crimes probes.
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"It would be morally reprehensible for the United States to become party to a body that systematically shields the world s worst regions from accountability," the Friday letter from a group of House
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In this August 2018 photo, Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is seen at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. The ICC says its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, appearing to clear the way for its chief prosecutor to open a war crimes probe into Israeli military actions. (Bas Czerwinski/pool file via AP, file)
JERUSALEM The International Criminal Court said Friday that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, clearing the way for its chief prosecutor to open a war crimes probe into Israeli military actions.
The decision was welcomed by the Palestinians and decried by Israel’s prime minister, who accused the court of “legal persecution.”