Psy 2,401 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 On Friday 26th September 2014, PLO Chairman gave a speech at the United Nations declaring that “we will not forget, we will not forgive, and we will not allow the war criminals to escape punishment.†...A wise man once said, don’t make a threat unless you’re willing to carry it out. So I can’t help but wonder how on earth Abbas plans to make good on his speech. Is he going to issue warrants for Israeli army officers that will then be carried out by the Palestinian police? I would hate to have that job! Is he going to announce a trade embargo on Israel in the hopes of pressuring them to turn over the accused? Perhaps he imagines this international intervention force, for which he repeatedly calls, and his latest speech was no different, will resemble the NATO-led Stabilization Force in the former Yugoslavia, and start hunting down war criminals the way they did with Radovan Karadzic. In that case, however, the International Criminal Court (ICC) was involved. In fact, they are nearing a sentence for Karadzic right now. This is the same court, which Palestine has had the right to join for the past two years now. The same court Palestinians got so excited about joining when Palestine’s status at the United Nations was upgraded, especially in the aftermath of a previous war on Gaza. Joining the ICC would truly be a step towards bringing to justice those war criminals Abbas so boldly threatened. But there is little cause for alarm. Chief ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda wrote in a Guardian op-ed last month, “nder the laws of the Hague court, my office can only investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine if it grants us jurisdiction in its territory. It has not done so.†But clearly international pressure not to join far outweighs the “new war of genocide perpetrated against the Palestinian people,†as described to the UN by Abbas. I’m sure I’m not the only person wondering how a president talks about genocide but then doesn’t join the one entity that can at least discourage it from happening again. So I supposed those war criminals Abbas referred to can sleep well at night. As long as they keep an eye out for police cars with canvas bags covering their lights. - By Talal Jabari, is a Palestinian award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist from East Jerusalem. Posted on +972 Magazine Like I say, Abbas is the most convenient puppet in this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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