State Dept. “Deeply Troubled” by Palestinian ICC Bid
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Tom Brakefield/Stockbyte/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Days after the United States voted to block recognition by the United Nations of a Palestinian state, the Palestinian president is moving to join the International Criminal Court, prompting an angry response from the State Department.
The State Department said on Wednesday it’s “deeply troubled” by the move and that a Palestinian push for admission to the court is “entirely counter-productive.”
President Mahmood Abbas hopes the International Criminal tribunal will become a forum for grievances against Israel.
The Obama administration however says the Palestinian move “badly damages the atmosphere with the very people” with whom Palestinians “ultimately need to make peace.”
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