RE: Israel's Lies
⁜→ P F Tinmore,
BLUF: Anyone who expresses any opinion on the question is pre-judging the two adversaries.
I noticed that the International Criminal Court (ICC) only released and made public a Redacted version (Eighth Report) pertaining to Information and Outreach Activities Concerning Victims and Affected Communities in the Situation”, 12 August 2020, ICC-01/18-141-Conf, which spotlights allegations against the Israelis on criminal acts committed in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, since 13 June 2014. That is worrisome to me, in that it indicates who are the victims and who are the criminals on trial. It does not give me any confidence at all that the Court is going to take into account the Hostile Arab Palestinian (HoAP) Activities that incited the necessity for Operation Protective Edge (8 July – 26 August 2014). And it stated that it would focus on "crimes committed in the
occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem." The court did not give me the impression that it would even consider that the Israeli state and people were victims of Hostile Arab Palestinians.
I am also curious about the period of the spotlight. 14 June 2014 to (open-ended). Just how does that work?
IN MY MIND, it is the ICC that is making a pre-judgment on certain facts.
By claiming that the land is “Palestinian territory,” Indyk is prejudging an outcome, effectively saying that negotiations aren’t necessary as the land already belongs to Palestinian Arabs.
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And if is not theirs, why do they have the authority to negotiate it?
Even if propaganda makes no sense, there are dupes who will believe it.
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I don't think that the opinion expressed by Martin Indyk is NOT pre-judging any outcome at all. It is, however, a political forecast on the HoAP response to a new negotiation effort. It is not like the HoAP has a history of cooperation and good faith in these matters. The HoAP are not now, nor have they been, actively involved in the maintenance of international peace and security and for the development of Friendly Relations and Co-operation between the two parties in the conflict, since the Oslo Accords.
Incidental to the ICC pro-Palestinian
(declaring them as the victims) impression it publically projects, it sounds like it has already come down on the side of the Arab Palestinians as the being subjected to "Apartheid" measures, and not considering the ground truth of the actual demarcation. I get a distinct impression the Court is acting as if Israel
(proper and sovereign) was really occupied Palestinian territory, and that the Security Barriers represents an internal partition separating two races within one state.
I'm an old man, but I fear it is the intention of the court to destabilize the situation in the territory consisting of Israel, Gaza Strip, the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
Just my thought.

Most Respectfully,
R