Implications for Israel: First Sitting Head Of State Appears Before ICC

Kenyan president's appearance before ICC removes numerous obstacles which could block Palestinians from successfully getting court to take up cases against Israelis.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB \ 10/08/2014

Kenya's president attended a hearing at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, making him the first sitting world leader to appear in The Hague-based court.

The implications of the case for the ICC's overall power and its ability to pressure top leaders from countries, possibly in the future including Israel, cannot be underestimated.

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In a time period where the Palestinians regularly discuss filing war crimes complaints against Israeli soldiers and leaders over the deaths of over 2,000 Palestinians during the recent Gaza war, an emboldened ICC could look more threatening from an Israeli perspective.

That is true even as Israel in principle supports the ICC's goal of ending impunity for committing war crimes.

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