Attorneys performing on behalf of the Salhiah household of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem have confirmed that they are going to be taking their case to the Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICC). Their case is considered one of a number of to be introduced courtroom by Bindmans Solicitors partnering with the Worldwide Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), London.
Final week, the Salhiah household have been attacked by Israeli occupation forces, crushed, arrested and detained. Their house was additionally demolished.
Though East Jerusalem is illegally occupied beneath worldwide regulation, the ICJP stated it has witnessed “in depth destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by army necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly,’ quantities to a grave breach of the 1949 Geneva Conventions and is taken into account a conflict crime in accordance with the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.”
The ICJP assertion famous, “New avenues for authorized handle have opened lately for households just like the Salhiah household. In 2019, the Worldwide Felony Court docket Prosecutor introduced the opening of an investigation respecting the state of affairs in Palestine masking crimes dedicated since June 2014, inside the jurisdiction of the courtroom. In 2021, the Pre-trial Chamber of the ICC concluded that the courtroom’s territorial jurisdiction extends to the territories occupied by Israel since 1967 (Gaza, West Financial institution, together with East Jerusalem).”
Confronted with the prospect of indictment, Israeli leaders have been stepping up efforts to discourage ICC officers by threatening and smearing them with the “anti-Semitic” label. Following his current assembly with Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, it was reported that President Abbas had ordered the committee accumulating proof towards Israel in preparation for submission to the Worldwide Felony Court docket “to cease its work at this stage.”
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As we speak press launch revealed that Bindmans’ companion, Tayab Ali, will likely be talking to the Salhiah household subsequent week with the intention to finalise particulars to ship to the ICC.
In the meantime ICJP Director, Crispin Blunt MP, stated:
‘The instances within the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood spotlight a century of historic injustice meted out to the Palestinian folks individually and collectively. For the Palestinian and Israeli peoples’ sake, and our humanity’s sake, the Sheikh Jarrah case must be a turning level the place justice and our frequent humanity begins to depend for greater than folks’s insecurities pushed by worry. ICJP is proud and privileged to face alongside this household and different Palestinian victims towards Israeli injustice.’
