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UN Says Palestine To Join ICC April 1, Israel Documents Palestinian Terror

By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency January 6, 2015 — New York, NY … UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated this evening that the state of Palestine will join the International Criminal Court on April 1. This action will enable the Palestinians to pursue war-crimes charges against Israel. As Israel is not a member of the International Criminal Court,… Read More »

Israel, US Urge ICC To Reject Palestinian Bid To Join

By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem — January 1, 2015 …  Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a discussion this afternoon on the Palestinian Authority’s application to various international treaties, and made the following remarks at the end of the meeting: “We expect the International Criminal Court to reject outright the Palestinian Authority’s hypocritical act because… Read More »

Massive Terror, War Avoided As UN Rejects Palestinian State

Samantha Power, US ambassador to UN, right, votes during a meeting of the UN Security Council. By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency New York, New York — December 30 … Lethal, Islamic terror attacks and the potential for a new Middle East war were avoided this evening as the UN Security Council defeated a Palestinian resolution… Read More »

Israel, Jordan: Autopsy Report States Ziad Abu Ein Died of Heart Attack

Ziad Abu Ein holding his chest as he dies from a heart attack. By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem — December 11, 2014 … Part of the following was communicated by the IDF to the Israel News Agency. “Yesterday, December 10, rioters gathered in Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah. Israeli security forces halted the progress… Read More »

Sweden To Recognize Palestine, Does Not Consider ISIS, Hamas Government

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Loven backs a “Palestine”- not knowing who “Palestine” is! By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem — October 5, 2014 … Israel plans to summon the Swedish ambassador over Prime Minister Stefan Loven’s announcement that the newly-formed government would recognize the Palestinian state, Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s office said today. The newly… Read More »