The Guardian
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Region iconIslamic World
Israeli former PM calls on ICC to halt West Bank ‘Jewish terrorists’ after prosecutions stop

Israeli former PM calls on ICC to halt West Bank ‘Jewish terrorists’ after prosecutions stop

Guardian analysis of settler violence shows no Israelis prosecuted since 2020 for killing Palestinian civilians, as former military, police and spy chiefs describe ‘organised Jewish terrorism’Israel has not prosecuted its citizens for killing Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank since the start of this decade, a Guardian analysis of legal data and public records show, creating impunity for a campaign of violence.Attacks have spurred former prime minister Ehud Olmert to call for an intervention by the international criminal court (ICC), to “save the Palestinians and us [Israelis]” from state-backed settler violence, carried out with the complicity and sometimes participation of the police and military.

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