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Source: http://www.dailyalert.org/Mobile/'https://www.rt.com/news/460509-israel-lawyer-icc-jurisdiction-gaza/

Top IDF Lawyer Tells The Hague to Back Off, Says Israel Can Probe own Alleged War Crimes

(RT) The Israeli military wants the International Criminal Court to butt out of its affairs, its top military prosecutor has declared in response to efforts to hold it to account for its use of live fire against Palestinian protesters. "Israel is a law-abiding country, with an independent and strong judicial system, and there is no reason for its actions to be scrutinized by the ICC," Brig. Gen. Sharon Afek, Israel's military advocate, declared at an international conference on warfare laws in Herzliya. "The position of Israel is that the International Criminal Court does not have jurisdiction to discuss the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

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