Palestine ICC bid may fail to bear result: Analyst
Press TV has conducted an interview with Paul Larudee, with the Free Palestine Movement from Berkeley, to ask for his insight on an official request submitted by Palestinians to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for a date to discuss war crime lawsuits against Israel.
The following is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: This all seems so close, will it actually go through though do you think?
Larudee: Well, I think there is a possibility because the Palestinian Authority no matter how much and how careful they are, and how tentative they maybe, I think they have to realize that they are not going to get anything out of this Israeli [regime]. And that they might as well make good on some threats that they’ve made in the past. It would be the first time that we see that, but I think it is potentially at least the opening of this kind of legal measure against Israeli officials and against [Israel] possibly it will lead other world government to take similar measures.
Press TV: And of course, Mr. Larudee, the role of the United States has always been very important when it comes to accountability...of...Israel in the international arena. How much of an obstacle will that be to overcome?
Larudee: Well, it remains to be seen what the threats of the United States to prevent this from happening, what sort of threats those will be, but I have to think that these threats will backfire, because the war crimes of [Israel] and the Israeli military are much too obvious. The story of them is everywhere including the United States itself. So, I can’t imagine that if the United States takes this kind of action that there would be a reaction among some parts of the United States itself but certainly among other nations of the world.
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