we become a even a one state member of the united nations we can be full member in the international criminal court international court of justice and in these organizations which are highly illegal you do not go and harass people by politics you have to have solid cases to go with i mean we if we become a member of the international criminal court and i hope we will that would be really our best defense against any further israeli crimes several people asked me like what it's like going into gaza and killing fourteen hundred people with phosphorus bombs and napalm we will go to the international criminal court and israel has to worry about using that kind of force against civilians. israel continue to take our land and create settlements on them we will go to the international criminal court about the violations of the fourteen human conventions about not changing demographics of any q occupied state so it's israel problem not our problem they have to stop committing international crimes it all has reason to feel isolated almost cornered for various reasons is there a growing feeling of insecurity

you and human rights organizations like the un council on human rights or whether the international criminal court the international court of justice they just want to ensure that israel continues to act outside the number of the law you have mentioned access to you want to situations if we look for example at the international criminal court access to that what kind of really impact would that have for palestine ballad have a tremendous impact. because that means that the international criminal court can act in accordance with their own convention and their own statute describes settlement activities as a walk around because when you violate the fourth geneva convention when you move populations of your own into occupied territory and you take other people's lands this is a war crime and collective crime against the palestinian people so automatically we can start a suit and law cases against not just the government but against even all the settlers and this will be seen as being part of this war crime and that's why quite worried about the palestinians becoming a state or getting access to the i

the law you have mentioned access you want to situations if we look for example at the international criminal court access to that what kind of really impact will that have passed that this impact because that means that the international criminal court can act in accordance with their own convention and their arms that you described the settlement activities as a war crime because when you violate the fourth geneva convention when you move populations of your own into occupied territory and you take other people's lands this is a war crime collective crime against the palestinian people so automatically we can start a suit and law cases against not just the government like against all settlers and this will be seen as being part of this crime and that's why quite worried about the palestinians becoming a state or getting access to the instruments of accountability particularly the international criminal court well in an interview with archie we had aired previously post palestinian politician a bill shot said to us that it's released must be changed to be taken to paradise superman. on their way t

settlements in the west bank these are considered war crimes under the statute of the international criminal court so one thing that i think that might be positive and come out of this is that if palestine gets to sign on to the international criminal court then i think it's important for powell so i didn't start taking israel to court for the fact that these settlements continue for as much as an israeli leader may say that they support a palestinian state one thing that they're not willing to do is to actually hold the establishment of colonies settlements and they're not willing to to evacuate the settlers who have been residing there illegally on palestinian land for more than four decades then what what can be. told. moving forward their policy in recognizing a second state as you write about i mean what does that have to do i mean when the international community is saying that the occupation must come to an end a lot of israelis want to end the occupation as well how can it be done in light of this vote to reduce this vote just symbolism so many people in israel and washington say. i believ

new palestinian state the right to sign onto treaties for example the rome treaty of the international criminal court once they become a member of the international criminal court palestine would have the right to request of the prosecutor at the i.c.c. that israeli war crimes in its territory in palestine's territory be investigated even though the israelis aren't a member of the i.c. absolutely if it happens in the territory of a signatory state there's jurisdiction now there's all kinds of problems because at the end of the day this is a political issue and not a legal issue on the ground this will change nothing will this mean that the p.l.o. suddenly becomes able to defend the rights of refugees palestinian refugees who since nine hundred forty eight have been denied the right of return we don't know that there's no legal bar but will this new state actually represent them in that way that's one of the big questions so there's a lot of questions at stake but in a symbolic way and the potential of joining the international criminal court is rather huge but at the same time it does seem and we've

. >> the international criminal court has started examining charges of crimes against humanity facinguch prominent kenyan is accused of post- election violence. about 1200 people were killed and more half a million were displaced. >> the chief prosecutor at the international criminal court will be trying to convince the judges that he has the evidence to put these men on trial. the first hearing involves the former ministers as well as a radio presenter. later in the month, the focus will be on three avid prominent canyons, including a current prominent finance minister. they're all accused of crimes against humanity, murder, and displacements. they have denied any wrongdoing. the icc prosecutor says update targeted key instigators of the violence, which left more than 12 people -- 1200 people dead and more than half a million displaced. the international court only stepped in because, here in kenya, the politicians stifled all efforts to set up a local tribunal. now canyons are experiencing an extraordinary -- now kenyans are experiencing an extraordinary sight. the suspects can call

like the un council on human rights where the international criminal court the international court of justice they just want to ensure that israel continues to act outside than above the law now if we look a little bit at united states involvement in all of this we know that last year barack obama spoke at the general assembly saying that hopefully by this year two thousand and eleven palestine will be recognized as a member within the united nations now his administration is clearly opposed to this do you see this is a stab in the back i see this as a source of commander sled down there in disappointment because he theys the expectations and there were right of ways starting with ending all settlement activities to acting decisively in peacemaking to basing all of peacemaking on international law and multilateralism to building the palestinian state on the sixty seven boundaries so having it in that dawn on most all these things he has created a sense of let down among the palestinians the arabs even there would people of good conscience who expected obama to live up to his promises