Is International Criminal Justice Coming for Israel?

Article by Jonathan Kuttab looks at the International Criminal Court's February 2021 ruling that Palestine is a state for jurisdictional purposes which allowed prosecutors to investigate war crimes in the OPT. The piece covers the legal basis for prosecuting Israeli settlement activity under Article 49 of the Geneva Conventions, the 2014 Gaza war as basis for war crimes, Israel's efforts to block ICC jurisdiction, and the Trump administration's sanctions against ICC judges and prosecutors. This source is valuable for research on the International Criminal Court, international criminal law, Palestinian statehood, and Israeli war crimes.