Canada has written to the International Criminal Court (ICC) opposing investigations into alleged Israeli war crimes in Palestine, following pressure from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The letter outlining the Canadian position was sent to the court on February 14, but its contents were only made public today.
Ottawa told the ICC that it did not recognize Palestine as a state and therefore supports the Israeli position that the court has no jurisdiction on the case that has been presented. The Canadian government reminded the court that its “financial contribution to the ICC will be $10.6 million this year,” in what was seen as a bid to exert pressure to halt the investigations.
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Canada doesnt like the precedent of being able to investigate a settler state’s abuses towards indigenous populations