Israel to tell ICC it does not recognise court’s authority
DAN WILLIAMS ISRAEL will tell the International Criminal Court it does not recognise the authority of the tribunal, which is planning to investigate possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday. Netanyahu, after meeting with senior ministers and government officials ahead of a Friday deadline to respond to an ICC notification letter, said Israel would not cooperate with the inquiry, but it will send a response. "It will be made clear that Israel is a country with rule of law that knows how to investigate itself," he said in a statement. The response will also…