He’s getting financial support? Oh, yeah. Probably just enough to keep him from going to the International Criminal Court.[...] Hamas - the war's main Palestinian participant - has signed a pledge to back any Palestinian bid to join the International Criminal Court. Palestinian acceptance of the court's jurisdiction could expose Israel - as well as Hamas - to war crimes investigations.
Hamas' written consent could further increase domestic pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to turn to the court.
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A hesitant Abbas has debated for months whether to join the international court, a step that could transform his relations with Israel from tense to openly hostile, strain his ties with the United States and deprive his government of badly needed Western financial support.
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Didn’t expect Hamas to consent, I guess.Last month, Abbas said he would not make a move without the written consent of all Palestinian factions.
Direct targeting.In a new twist, the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad group, also not a PLO member and one of the factions fighting in Gaza, said Saturday it would not approve going to the international court.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined comment. Israel opposes involving the court, arguing that Israel and the Palestinians should deal with any issues directly.
Will he have any Gazans left by March?In the past seven weeks, more than 2,090 Palestinians have been killed, including close to 500 children, and about 100,000 Gazans have been left homeless, according to United Nations figures and Palestinian officials. Israel lost 64 soldiers and four civilians, including a 4-year-old boy killed by a mortar shell Friday.
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A senior Palestinian official has said Abbas likely would wait for the findings of a U.N.-appointed commission of inquiry into possible Gaza war crimes - due by March - before turning to the court.
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