Israel Being Charged for War Crimes at the Hague

[muman613]

We knew this was coming once the incompetent Bibi started his 'apology tour' this year. It appears that the Hague is taking up the complaint that Israel engaged in War Crimes when it boarded the Marma Mamri (or whatever it was called) flotilla ship in 2010. Obviously Israel had EVER RIGHT to board these criminal vessels who were openly and flagrantly violating the sea blockade of Gaza which was legally imposed.

This is a terrible result of the mistake Bibi made by offering an apology for Israel defending it's sovereignty...

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/14/3397052/icc-prosecutor-receives-israel.html

War crimes prosecutor receives Israel complaint 
 
BY TOBY STERLING
ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMSTERDAM -- The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court - the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands - says she has received a complaint about Israel's 2010 raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and she will open a preliminary investigation.

The complaint comes from the tiny African state of Comoros, a member of the court, though Israel is not. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she met Tuesday with lawyers from a Turkish law firm that is representing Comoros.

Eight Turks and one Turkish-American were killed and several other pro-Palestinian activists were wounded when Israeli commandos stormed the ship Mavi Marmara on May 31, 2010.

The Mavi Marmari was registered in Comoros, an archipelago off the African coast near Madagascar with a population of around 800,000.

As required by the court's rules when a member state complains, "my office will be conducting a preliminary examination in order to establish whether the criteria for opening an investigation are met," Bensouda said in a statement.

"After careful analysis of all available information, I shall make a determination that will be made public in due course."

Previous attempts to engage prosecutors in an investigation of Israel have stalled due to lack of jurisdiction.

The ICC has jurisdiction over its members, over cases that are referred to it by the U.N. Security Council and over events that take place on the territory of member states.

In a filing, lawyers from the Istanbul-based law firm Elmadag argued that events that took place on the Mavi Marmari should be considered as having occurred on the territory of Comoros.

The court, which is not part of the United Nations, relies on assistance from member states and other governments to enforce its rulings. The United States, Russia and China are not members, but 122 other countries are.

Sudan, despite being a member, has refused to arrest its president, Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the court for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. The court's arrest warrant against al-Bashir has been opposed by the African Union and League of Arab States, among others.

Relations between Turkey and Israel were badly strained by the Mavi Marmara incident.

The two have since taken some steps toward a rapprochement. Israel offered an apology and compensation, and the Turkish and Israeli leaders agreed to try to normalize their relationship.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that full diplomatic ties can only be resumed after compensation is paid to the surviving victims of the flotilla raids and the relatives of the dead. In addition, Israel must end all commercial restrictions on the Palestinians, he says.

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[serbian army]

To tell you what kind of tribunal that is just look into case of Vojislav Seselj-SRS (Serbian Radical Party) who voluntarily went over there to see what they want to charge him for. That was 9 years ago and there is still outgoing trial where they want to frame him for "hate speech" which led to war crimes. This man got his Doctorate of Law at age of 26 and is teaching judges about international law and in fact he has proven that this tribunal is illegal. He also has proven that entire tribunal staff is taking day off on Hitler's birthday. If Jews are to go there the same horror will await them. 

[Spiraling Leopard]

http://www.timesofisrael.com/comoros-files-complaint-against-israel-at-icc/

Ship was registered to African island state of Comoros, which filed complaint to International Criminal Court.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court — the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands — said Tuesday she received a complaint about Israel’s 2010 raid on the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara, and will open a preliminary investigation.

The complaint came from the tiny African state of Comoros, which is a member of the court, though Israel is not. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a statement that she met with lawyers representing Comoros earlier Tuesday. The Mavi Marmari, on which nine Turkish citizens were killed by Israeli naval commandos who were attacked when they boarded to intercept it, was registered in Comoros.

“My office will be conducting a preliminary examination in order to establish whether the criteria for opening an investigation are met,” Bensouda was quoted by Reuters saying.

The Mavi Marmara was part of a flotilla which sailed toward Gaza to try to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The Israeli Navy intercepted all other vessels in flotilla without resistance, but commandos were attacked with metal bars and clubs when they boarded the Marmara on may 30, 2010, opened fire, and killed the nine Turks.

The incident exacerbated strained diplomatic ties between Israel and Turkey, two former warm allies. In March, in a phone conversation arranged during the final moments of US President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for operational errors made in the raid and promised compensation for the victims and their families. Negotiations are said to be nearing completion.

According to Reuters, the Comoran petition was relayed to the ICC by a Turkish law firm, Elmadag, which represents the Marmara victims’ families.

“If this will not bring about results, we’ll know that certain countries are influencing the court,” Ramadan Ariturk, one of the families’ attorneys, told the Anatolia Turkish news agency.

Previous attempts to engage prosecutors in an investigation of Israel have stalled due to lack of jurisdiction.

The ICC has jurisdiction over its members, over cases that are referred to it by the UN Security Council and over events that take place on the territory of member states.

In the filing, lawyers from the Istanbul-based Elmadag argued that events that took place on the Mavi Marmara should be considered as having occurred on the territory of Comoros.

The court relies on assistance from member states and other governments to enforce its rulings. The United States, Russia and China are not members, but 122 other countries are.

Sudan, despite being a member, has refused to arrest its president, Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the court for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. The court’s arrest warrant against al-Bashir has been opposed by the African Union and League of Arab States, among others.