Palestinian representative at the UNHRC: Each Palestinian rocket launched at Israel is a "crime against humanity," but Israel follows legal procedures and warns Palestinian civilians
Official PA TV hosted Ibrahim Khreisheh, the Palestinian representative at the United Nations Human Rights Council
Ibrahim Khreisheh, the Palestinian representative at the UNHRC: “I am not a candidate for any Palestinian position involving elections, and therefore, I am not aiming to gain popularity among the Palestinians. The rockets that are now being launched against Israel – each rocket is a crime against humanity, because it targets civilians. Israel’s actions against the Palestinian civilians are also crimes against humanity… Therefore, any act aimed against civilians, whether one civilian or a thousand, is considered a crime against humanity… And it should be noted: You saw on TV that many people from the Gaza Strip said, of their own accord, that the Israeli army, the occupation army, notified them that they must evacuate their homes before the attack. Legally, if people were killed, it would not be considered intentional killing, but accidental killing, because it [the Israeli army] followed the legal procedures. The rockets that we fire, by contrast – we don’t warn anyone where they will fall or where we will act. So one must be very familiar with the issue before speaking emotionally about turning to the International Criminal Court.”
Ibrahim Khreisheh, the Palestinian representative at the UNHRC: “I am not a candidate for any Palestinian position involving elections, and therefore, I am not aiming to gain popularity among the Palestinians. The rockets that are now being launched against Israel – each rocket is a crime against humanity, because it targets civilians. Israel’s actions against the Palestinian civilians are also crimes against humanity… Therefore, any act aimed against civilians, whether one civilian or a thousand, is considered a crime against humanity… And it should be noted: You saw on TV that many people from the Gaza Strip said, of their own accord, that the Israeli army, the occupation army, notified them that they must evacuate their homes before the attack. Legally, if people were killed, it would not be considered intentional killing, but accidental killing, because it [the Israeli army] followed the legal procedures. The rockets that we fire, by contrast – we don’t warn anyone where they will fall or where we will act. So one must be very familiar with the issue before speaking emotionally about turning to the International Criminal Court.”