The UAE stands in solidarity with Israel in the face of the International Criminal Court
The Emirati regime sent a direct message of solidarity to Israel after the International Criminal Court announced opening an investigation into Israel’s crimes.
Reliable sources told Emirates Leaks that Abu Dhabi had offered all kinds of support to Israel in the face of the International Criminal Court.
According to the sources, the Emirati regime sent a written message to Eitan Naih, head of the Emirates’ Israeli embassy mission affirming its rejection of any Israeli targeting in international forums.
The letter added that the UAE supports the American and Israeli positions rejecting any investigation by the International Criminal Court and is in solidarity with Tel Aviv.
The Abu Dhabi message, which comes within the daily diplomatic channels of communication between the UAE and Israel, has not been publicly reported.
The pace of contacts has increased since the UAE and Israel signed an agreement in mid-September to announce normalization under American auspices.
Declaration of the International Criminal Court
Yesterday, Israel strongly rejected the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court’s announcement for War Crimes, Fatou Bensouda, to open an investigation into Israeli crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israel went so far as to describe the court’s announcement as “pure hostility to Semitism and the bottom line of hypocrisy”.
As the decision to open the investigation practically affects those at the top of the hierarchy in Israel and dozens of generals, ministers and political figures.
It also threatens the air force leaders, war pilots and leaders of various brigades, down to tens, or even hundreds of soldiers, in artillery and infantry weapons.
Bensouda announced that it had opened an official investigation into alleged crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories in a move that Israel strongly opposes.
“Today, I confirm that the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has opened an investigation related to the situation in Palestine,” she said in a statement.
“The investigation will deal with crimes under the jurisdiction of the court, which are believed to have been committed in the situation since June 13, 2014.”
Last month, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber decided, by a majority, that the court’s territorial jurisdiction in the case of Palestine, a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, extends to the territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Thus, it paves the way to open an investigation of war crimes committed by the Israeli army.
