Palestinian efforts to realize its goal of becoming the country still winding. On Thursday (1/1) administration aka Abu Mazen Mahmoud Abbas entered a new round of diplomatic struggle. United States (US) and Israel tried hard to thwart the intention of Palestine to become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Prime Minister (PM) Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to prevent the ICC accept Palestine as a member. Together Washington, Tel Aviv called for international judicial institutions based in the city of The Hague, Netherlands, was to deny the Palestinian application. The reason, not the state of Palestine. So, the ICC is not entitled to accept Palestine as a member.
'We hope, the ICC rejected the request hypocritical Palestinian Authority is not a state, but an authority associated with terrorist groups,' the light of Netanyahu in a statement. Like the US, he was called Hamas as a terrorist group. Currently, along with the Fatah movement, Hamas is the Palestinian authorities. The radical group ruling the Gaza Strip.
Before publishing a statement related to the intention of Palestine became a member of the ICC, Netanyahu held a meeting with the Israeli Defense Ministry officials. The main agenda of the meeting was reacting step Abbas on Wednesday (31/12) have signed a formal proposal to make Palestine as a member of the ICC.
'Israel would obviously preclude (Palestine) to impose his will upon us. It was exactly as we have done in the Security Council (UNSC) of the UN, "Netanyahu firm shortly after Abbas signed the ICC membership proposal. On Wednesday, the UN Security Council rejected the Palestinian draft resolution that contains an ultimatum to Israel to stop the action of annexation and occupation of its territory.
In its resolution, the Palestinians urge Israel to halt Jewish settlement split in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Palestinians give 12 months on Israel to stop the unilateral action. In addition, the Abbas government ultimatum to Israel to recall the entire population of the Palestinian territories.
Associated with the liberation of Palestine from the Israeli population, Abbas gives the time until the end of 2017. East Jerusalem, according to 79-year-old leader, must be clean of Israel. Therefore, the Palestinians will make the region as an administrative capital. Unfortunately, the Palestinian move was not getting the blessing of the UN Security Council.
According to the UN Security Council, the determination of the time limit is not a wise way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute lasting. The US, which is one of the most powerful country in the membership of the Security Council opposed the resolution. Washington hopes, the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians could be ended with a sweet at the negotiating table. However, so far the peace talks never produce effective solutions.
source: ap.org, afp.com, alarabiya.net
