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Palestinians Request ICC Membership

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thinkstock 123114 abbas?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1420068975263Photo by Rick Gershon/Getty Images(RAMALLAH, West Bank) — Their latest hopes were dashed by the United Nation’s Security Council, so Palestinians hope to instead appeal to another world body.  

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas signed an application on Wednesday to join the International Criminal Court, paving the way for Israeli officials to be prosecuted for war crimes.  

The defiant action comes a day after a resolution was voted down by the UN Security Council to end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within the next three years.

The United States was one of the countries who voted against the resolution.


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