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President Abbas: Let Palestine join the International Criminal Court – NOW!

President Abbas: Let Palestine join the International Criminal Court – NOW!

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This petition has been created by Anselm K. and may not represent the views of the Avaaz community.
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President Abbas
Maybe it was wise not to join the ICC in 2013 in order to give the Kerry peace initiative a chance.
Maybe it was wise to wait even after the 29th of April 2014 in order to expose Israel for the failure of the peace talks.
But now?

If you had signed the Rome statute for 3 months ago Palestinians would again have lost the blame game about the breakdown of the peace process.
If you sign it in three months from now, when the war on Gaza is over and not at the focus any more the West will again accept Israel’s notion that there is “no partner for peace”.
But NOW you have the chance to avoid just that:

NOW – all Palestinian factions have agreed in signing the Rome Statute.

NOW – when even human rights organizations like HRW and AI are prevented from getting access to Gaza, it is obvious for the international community that an investigation on human rights violations has to take place.

NOW – when the relentless bombing of Gaza is transmitted in the news on a daily basis, the EU countries and even the US have a hard time to accuse you for jeopardizing any peace agreement by paving the way for a proper ICC investigation.

Obviously the US are putting enormous pressure on you right now not to sign, because they know: NOW is the optimal window for Palestine to do so. It might close very soon.

So what are you waiting for, Mister President? Grab this unique opportunity!

NOW!

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