Israel’s enemies have used the International Criminal Court in The Hague as a headline-grabbing weapon to vilify the Jewish state. Shurat HaDin has decided to test the legitimacy and impartiality of this court by filing a complaint charging Hamas perpetrated war crimes for targeting Israel’s population centers with indiscriminate rocket fire. In May 2021, Hamas fired 4,360 rockets and missiles against the towns and cities of southern Israel during eleven-days of terror. Targeting civilians in a conflict—as per the ICC’s own Rome Statutes—is a war crime. Hamas is also guilty of using its population as human shields, and specifically trying to kill Jews—holding hostages and targeting a specific religious group are war crimes, as well. Shurat HaDin demands that Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif and political chief Ismail Haniyeh be brought before the tribunal to answer for these heinous violations of international law.
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