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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/21/c_138647107.htm
Israel Denies ICC's Jurisdiction over Territories in West Bank, Gaza
(Xinhua-China) The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been deliberating on whether it has jurisdiction over Israel, which is not a party to the Rome Treaty that established the court. "Israel is not a state party of the ICC and the Palestinian entity is not a state under international law," said Roy S. Schondorf, Israeli deputy attorney general for international law. "We have a strong legal basis for the fact that the court does not have jurisdiction." Tal Becker, a former legal adviser to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, said, "It is a real act of overreach for a court to try and determine its jurisdiction...to determine the scope of the entity of the Palestinian state...when the parties themselves have said it's a matter for negotiations. Palestinian statehood is referred to by Palestinians themselves as a future aspiration and not a current legal reality."