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The Palestinian flag is seen above the offices of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Washington, DC, November 18, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)

September 10, 2018, 9:58 am

US to announce closure of PLO office in Washington

WSJ quotes draft of speech by John Bolton saying move is due to Palestinians’ rejection of US peace efforts and their calls for probe of Israel at ICC

By TOI staff

A viper snake that was killed during a fire in southern Israel sparked by an incendiary balloon launched from the Gaza Strip on July 29, 2018. (Israel Fire and Rescue Services Southern District)

September 3, 2018, 3:15 pm

Israeli farmers to file war crimes complaint against Hamas over arson attacks

Group to lodge lawsuit with the International Criminal Court over incendiary balloons and kites that have burned thousands of acres of land

By Agencies and TOI staff

Exterior view of the headquarters of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, January 12, 2016 (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

August 14, 2018, 7:34 pm

Israel said to formally protest ICC’s unusual appeal to ‘Palestinian victims’

Judges’ decision to launch public campaign before prosecutor decides if ‘war crimes’ probe applicable undermines court’s ability to treat Israel fairly, officials say

By Michael Bachner and Raphael Ahren

Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda sits in the International Criminal Court in The Hague, September 27, 2016. (AFP/ANP/Bas Czerwinski)

July 16, 2018, 1:55 pm

In rare step, International Criminal Court reaches out to ‘Palestinian victims’

Israel declines to comment, but former top Foreign Ministry official says The Hague-based court is either being politically manipulated ‘or manipulating itself’

By Raphael Ahren

The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands (Vincent van Zeijst/Wikimedia Commons/File)

June 22, 2018, 7:40 pm

UN’s top court to hear Iran row with US over frozen assets

Tehran is seeking to recover billions that American courts say should go to victims of terror attacks

By AFP

Border Police officer Ben Deri, who was later convicted of killing a 17-year-old Palestinian teenager during riots in the West Bank town of Betunia in 2014, covers his face as he walks into a hearing at the Jerusalem District Court on December 7, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

June 10, 2018, 2:22 pm

State appeals for harsher punishment for border cop who killed Palestinian

Officer Ben Deri was sentenced to 7 months for shooting dead Nadeem Siam Nawara, 17, by using live rounds instead of rubber bullets in what was ruled an accident

By Judah Ari Gross

An undated photo of an Israeli farmer in the Gaza-area driving his tractor next to a field apparently set aflame by a burning kite flown from the Gaza Strip. (Courtesy)

May 27, 2018, 7:35 pm

Gaza-area farmers to file ICC suit against ‘kite terror’

Shurat HaDin NGO says ‘Israel will not remain silent’ in face of flaming kites flown from Strip, which have sparked some 100 fires in nearby fields

By TOI staff

Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, speaks to journalists during a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 21, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)

May 24, 2018, 6:48 pm

Palestinians slam Israel for flouting all laws in settlement announcement

Saeb Erekat says plans to green light thousands of new settler homes should convince International Criminal Court to launch probe into Israel’s actions

By TOI staff

Exterior view of the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, May 5, 2017 (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

May 24, 2018, 6:51 am

Washington weighs cutting funds to UN agencies after Palestinians join

Amid widening rift with Palestinian Authority, US says it will examine Ramallah’s accession to several bodies, in a move officials described as ‘counterproductive’

By TOI staff

The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands (photo credit: AP/Peter Dejong)

May 23, 2018, 3:07 pm

Palestinians expand bid for recognition, join world chemical arms watchdog

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says state of Palestine to become its 193rd member

By AFP and TOI staff

US President Donald Trump (L) is welcomed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. (Thomas Coex/AFP)

May 23, 2018, 12:50 am

White House mulling possible move against Palestinian mission over ICC push

Administration official says Palestinian attempt to initiate war crimes proceedings against Israel at The Hague being ‘reviewed’ for possible repercussions on status of PLO embassy

By Eric Cortellessa

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, December 18, 2012. (AP/Robin van Lonkhuijsen, Pool)

May 22, 2018, 8:31 pm

ICC prosecutor won’t be rushed to probe Israel’s ‘crimes’

Fatou Bensouda rejects Palestinian demands for immediate investigation, says she has conducted preliminary probe since 2015

By AP and TOI staff

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki speaks in the United Nations General Assembly on December 21, 2017, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

May 22, 2018, 1:51 pm

Palestinians ask International Criminal Court to probe Israel’s ‘crimes’

Foreign Ministry calls appeal ‘absurd,’ ‘cynical’; says ICC has no jurisdiction because Israel isn’t a member

By AP and TOI staff

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Ryad al-Malki attends the Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo on May 17, 2018. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP)

May 21, 2018, 5:24 pm

Palestinian Authority foreign minister to press ICC on war crimes probe

Riyad al-Malki set for talks with chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda days after saying Palestinians would urge court to prosecute Israel over West Bank settlements

By AFP

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, listens during a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, following their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, February 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

May 17, 2018, 2:50 pm

Turkey says it’s helping Palestinians sue Israel in International Criminal Court

‘Israel should account for its actions’ at Gaza’s border fence, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tells Turkish media

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff