EDINBURGH, April 1 (Sputnik) — Formal Palestinian membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC) will pave the way for charges to be brought against anyone committing war crimes on Palestinian land without the need for a UN Security Council referral, member of the European Parliament Martina Anderson said Wednesday.
“This means the International Criminal Court will now have jurisdiction over any and all war crimes committed by anyone on Palestinian territory, without a referral from the UN Security Council,” Anderson, who represents the Irish Sinn Fein party, said in a statement.
“In practical terms, this means that Israeli citizens could be tried for actions carried out on Palestinian land,” she added.
Last week, the International Human Rights Federation, which represents 178 human rights groups across the world published a new report, containing evidence, the group claims, of war crimes committed by Israeli military forces during Israel's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza in the summer of 2014.
The Israeli operation claimed the lives of some 2,200 people, mostly Palestinian civilians.
