Abbas signs Palestinian request to join International Criminal Court

A day after the Palestinian bid for a mandatory Israeli withdrawal to pre-1967 lines failed at the UN Security Council, Mahmoud Abbas signed a Palestinian request to join the International Criminal Court. He plans to bring  Israeli officials before the court for alleged war crimes.

Binyamin Netanyahu: “That step will be blocked too. If anyone needs to fear facing the international court, it is the Palestinians.”

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