US Threatens ICC Over Netanyahu Warrant: Sanctions on the Table
United States lawmakers are considering imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it issues an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Bulgaria's Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Policy is joining the international community represented by the UN and the EU in the request for an independent investigation of the incident in the Gaza strip.
The Committee's Chair, Zhivko Todorov, said Friday that humanitarian aid must reach the Palestinian population without any radical activities.
“These people are very poor and poverty is breading ground for extremism; they must receive any humanitarian aid,” Todorov stressed.
The Committee met to discuss Bulgaria's reaction towards the Middle East conflict.
9 people, 8 of whom are reported to be Turkish citizens, and one American citizen from Turkish background, were killed Monday after Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip.
Israel declared that the organizers of the flotilla, which tried to reach the Gaza Strip despite the Israel blockade, are terrorists connected to Hamas and Al-Queda. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, canceled his visit to Washington to return to Israel.
The attack sent shock waves of outrage in Palestine, Greece, and Turkey, while the EU and the UN demand full investigation of "what has happened."
Todorov further declared any loss of live is unacceptable and pointed out all Parliamentary groups have joined around the above ideas.
Meanwhile, the conservative “Order, Law, and Justice” (RZS) party has submitted a project for a Parliamentary declaration stating Bulgaria must firmly support Israel in the light of the traditionally good relations between the two countries, saying the position of the executive power and of Bulgarian EU Commissioner, Kristalina Geogieva, is in contradiction with the mood and the opinion of the Bulgarian society.
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