US administration silent about Palestine's effective membership at the ICC
Thursday, 02 April 2015
The White House remained silent on Palestine ICC membership that went into effect on 1 April 2015; a move that angered its ally Israel, the Anadolu agency reported.
Not only the White House's daily briefing did not include any statement on the Palestinian progression, the US State Department whose staff is busy following up with nuclear talks over Iran's nuclear program currently taking place, that they did not hold a press briefing for two consecutive days.
The US Administration tried and by all means to block Palestine's accession to the international body claiming that "Palestine is not a state", and therefore ineligible to join the International Criminal Court.
Moreover, the US media did not address the issue with the exception of two brief reports by the CNN network and the New York Times newspaper report while the Huffington Post included an opinion article by human rights lawyer, Catherine Gallagher.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/americas/17852-us-administration-silent-about-palestines-effective-membership-at-the-icc