ICC probe into Israel war crimes litmus test: Palestinian official

‘A senior Palestinian official has described an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the case of Israeli abuses and war crimes during its 50-day aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip back in 2014 as a “serious test” for the Hague-based tribunal.
“Palestine is a serious test to the ICC and I don’t think they can afford to fail it,” Ammar Hijazi, a Palestinian Foreign Ministry official, said on Thursday
“If they fail Palestine’s test, the whole ICC and the whole international criminal system will collapse,” he pointed out. Hijazi said he hoped the ICC would advance the case by the end of the year.’
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