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It is deeply distressing that in the midst of the global coronavirus crisis there are those in the Western media who have insinuated that the Jews, or rather Israel, have spread the virus, writes Fiamma Nirenstein.

More painful, however, is that Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), marches ahead with charges against Israel for war crimes. In order to do so she had to establish that "Palestine" is a state. She did so, so she can, according to the ICC’s unusual and amazing rules, espouse her anti-Israel animus.

She embraced a stance contested by dozens of experts and institutions, including the German government. The ICC prosecutor’s history is very political. The United States has revoked her entry visa due to her positions of continuing prejudice against Israel and the United States. Those who support the Palestinian position are the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

Palestine was accepted into the ICC Assembly of State Parties in 2015, and Bensouda claims she didn’t receive any formal objections. The truth, however, is that Canada filed a formal objection and the Netherlands, Germany, and England had all given speeches against Palestine joining. The ICC statute limits its jurisdiction to the member states.

Today, there is no Palestinian state, the decision was made as a political means of advancing Palestinian demands and various anti-Israeli groups, as well as undermines and pre-determines any negotiation between the parties. The ICC due to Bensouda's choice greatly diminishes not only her super partes role as judge, but also her integrity and international credibility.

Bensouda recognizes her "Palestinian state" by entrusting it to the concept of "self-determination" and to a series of statements that expose her anti-Israeli prejudices,which are so crass it’s hard to believe that they’re coming from such a distinguished prosecutor rather than an ignorant child. The next step she has in mind is certainly to try Israel: another necessary link in the usual chain of Israelophobia. All this, regrettably during these times of coronavirus, in which Israel valiantly fights for its own life and that of its neighbors, even those of Hamas (by the way, Bensouda could perhaps recognize the following: there are two Palestinian states, one in Ramallah and one in Gaza).

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