Re: Mayor of Chicago under attack for donning Palestinian keffiyeh
- MENA
- May 4, 2025
Declaration of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim AA Khan Kc:
On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my office, I have reasonable grounds to Believe that Yahya Sinwar (Head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (“Hamas”) in the gaz Known as The Al-Qassam Brigades), and Ismail Haniyeh (Head of Hamas Political Bureau) Beer the criminal responsibility for the following war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the territory of Palestine (in La Gaza) Faza (in La Gaza) Faza (in the state of Palestine) (in the state of Palestinian)
Extermination as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7 (1) (b) of the Rome Statute;
Murder as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7 (1) (a), and as a war crime, contrary to article 8 (2) (c) (i);
Hostages as a war crime, contrary to article 8 (2) (c) (iii);
Violation and other acts of sexual violence as crimes against humanity, unlike article 7 (1) (g), and also as war crimes in accordance with article 8 (2) (e) (VI) in the context of captivity;
Torture as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7 (1), and also as a war crime, contrary to article 8 (2) (c) (i), in the context of captivity;
Another inhuman acts as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7 (l) (k), in the context of captivity;
Cruel treatment as war crime contrary to article 8 (2) (c) (i), in the context of captivity; and
Iphraignos about personal dignity as a war crime, contrary to article 8 (2) (c) (ii), in the context of captivity.
My office states that war crimes alleged in these requests were made in the context of an international armed conflict between Israel and Palestine, and a non -international armed conflict between Israel and Hamas that is executed in parallel. We maintain that the crimes against humanity accused were part of a generalized and systematic attack against the civilian population of Israel by Hamas and other armed groups in accordance with organizational policies. Some of these crimes, in our evaluation, continuous to this day.