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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Palestinians to press war-crimes case against Israel
relations with Israel from tense to
openly hostile. The ultimate goal is
to pressure Israel into withdraw-
ing from the territories and agree-
ing to Palestinian statehood
The strategy carries risks, in-
cluding the possibility the Pales-
tinians themselves could be ac-
cused of war crimes over rocket
attacks by the extremist group
Hamas on Israeli population
centers and other violence
against Jewish targets.
Israeli Prime Minister Benja-
min Netanyahu vowed to take
unspecified “retaliatory steps.” In
Washington, State Department
spokesman Jeff Rathke said the
U.S. was “deeply troubled” by the
Palestinians’ “escalatory step.” He
said it was “entirely counterpro-
ductive and does nothing to fur-
ther the aspirations of the Pales-
tinian people for a sovereign and
independent state.”
At the international court,
the Palestinians could seek to
have Israeli military or political
fenses, said Robbie Sabel, an in-
ternational law expert at the He-
brew University of Jerusalem.
Sabel agreed the step entails
risks for the Palestinians.
“On the other side of the coin
— and this is why the Palestin-
ians have hesitated up until now
— is that any Palestinian who
commits a war crime anywhere
in the world and has not been
tried by a Palestinian court
could also be subject to the juris-
diction of the court,” he said. “So
it works both ways.”
The Palestinian U.N. ambas-
sador, Riyad Mansour, has said
repeatedly that the Palestinians
are not afraid of that possibility.
Turning to the court became
an option for Abbas in 2012, af-
ter the United Nations recog-
nized “Palestine” as a non-mem-
ber observer state.
Abbas made his announce-
ment as the long-dominant Fa-
tah party marked its 50th anni-
versary.
Josef Federman
and Mohammed Daraghmeh
Associated Press
RAMALLAH, West Bank -
Turning up the pressure on Israel,
the Palestinians announced
Wednesday that they are joining
the International Criminal Court
to pursue war-crimes charges
against the Jewish state — a risky,
high-stakes move that brought
threats of retaliation from Israel
and criticism from the U.S.
Palestinian President Mah-
moud Abbas acted a day after suf-
fering a defeat in the U.N. Security
Council, which voted down a res-
olution setting a three-year dead-
line for the establishment of a Pal-
estinian state on lands occupied
by Israel.
‘We want to complain. There’s
aggression against us, against our
land. The Security Council disap-
pointed us,” Abbas said.
Turning to the international
court at The Hague marks a major
policy shift, transforming Abbas’
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curity forces
march Wednes-
day as they
mark the 50th
anniversary of
the Fatah move-
ment in the
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figures prosecuted for alleged
crimes involving settlement
construction on occupied lands
or actions by the military that
cause heavy civilian casualties,
for instance.
Israel is not a member of the
court and does not recognize its
jurisdiction. And the court has no
police force and no authority to go
into Israel and arrest suspects.
But it could issue arrest warrants
that would make it difficult for Is-
raeli officials to travel abroad.
The Palestinians planned to
submit the paperwork for joining
the ICC to U.N. Secretary-Gener-
al Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday
afternoon, but postponed it, prob-
ably until Friday. Handing over
the documents is the last formal
step for Palestine to become a
member of the ICC, which would
happen in about 60 days.
Israel could take a number of
retaliatory actions, including
building more settlements, re-
stricting financial transfers to
the Palestinians, or curbing cer-
tain privileges. The U.S. has not
said how it will react, but it pro-
vides hundreds of millions of
dollars in aid to the Palestinians.
The court would be able to
prosecute only crimes commit-
ted from here on in, not past of-
Why Make Your Heirs
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AirAsia
report:
Slow
recovery
Gift vs. burden
Larger gifts, in particular,
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dependent attorney, tax ad-
visor, investment manager,
and insurance agent for final
recommendations and before
changing or implementing
any financial, tax, or estate
planning strategy.
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Rescuers carry a coffin containing a body of one of the vic-
tims aboard the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 at the airport in
Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Wednesday.
Avoid over-giving
Before you give, determine
what you need for the rest of
your life - and make sure you’ve
set those resources aside. Oth-
erwise, you may shortchange
not only yourself but the very
family members you’re trying
to help. You don’t want to put
them in a position of having to
support you later on.
The Associated Press
An AirAsia jet with 162 peo-
ple on board crashed Sunday
morning while flying from Sura-
baya, Indonesia, to Singapore on
a scheduled two-hour flight.
Here’s a look at the latest devel-
opments:
Rough sea hampers
recovery
Strong winds and 6-foot
waves slowed down the recovery
ofbodies and debris from the Java
Sea on Wednesday. A total of sev-
en people’s remains have been
plucked from the sea since they
were first spotted Tuesday. They
include a female flight attendant
in her red AirAsia uniform.
On Wednesday, strong cur-
rents prevented divers from de-
ploying and pushed the bodies
and debris toward beaches in
Pangkalan Bun on Borneo is-
land, 100 miles away from
where they were first spotted.
Helicopters were largely
grounded while ships continued
to scour the area. Sonar images
also identified what appeared to
be large parts of the plane, but
Indonesia’s forecasters said that
the conditions would worsen
with more intense rains through
Friday.
visitors to Singapore, particular-
ly on holidays.
Among them was 13-year-old
Adrian Fernando, who was with
his aunt, uncle and cousin on his
trip to the wealthy city-state be-
fore going back to school.
“He is my only son,” said
mother Linca Gonimasela. She
could not join them because of
work. ‘At first, he didn’t want to
go, but later on he was persuad-
ed to join them for the New Year
holiday,” she said.
AirAsia ceo: Seeing victims
is ‘soul destroying’
The CEO of Malaysia-based
budget carrier AirAsia, Malay-
sian tycoon Tony Fernandes,
tweeted Wednesday that the “re-
ality of seeing the [victims] and
some of my aircraft parts are
soul destroying.”
From Surabaya, Fernandes
flew to Pangkalan Bun and
praised Indonesian searchers
for a “very professional job” de-
spite the inclement weather.
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Before joining the trendsetters
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take into account the follow-
ing considerations:
41 church members
on the flight
A Pentecostal church from
Surabaya said 41 of its members
were on Flight 8501.
Around 100 relatives prayed
for their loved ones at a Suraba-
ya airport hall Wednesday. The
Rev. Philip Mantofa from Man-
war Sharon Church urged the
crowd to hold onto their faith
despite their pain.
About 125 family members
had planned to travel to Pangka-
lan Bun to start identifying the
bodies. However, Surabaya air-
port general manager Trikora
Hardjo later said the trip was can-
celed after authorities suggested it
would slow down the operation.
Mother mourns
13-year-old son
Nearly all the passengers
from Indonesia were frequent
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to beat the competition to
market giving him his entire
inheritance now might make a
lot of sense. You’ll get the satis-
faction of seeing him invest in
his future. And he won’t have
to defer his dream. But con-
sider, too, how other family
members may feel about the
gift, and what their immediate
needs are. Talk with everyone,
and make it clear that gifting
now could affect how much
they will receive later on, in
your will.
Communications is the first
step in planning for your in-
heritance. Having an open and
honest dialogue with the whole
family can help set everyone up
for success. Consider looping
in a financial professional from
the beginning to mediate the
process and develop an inher-
itance plan that meets all par-
ties’ financial goals.
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Shanghai
35 killed, 42 injured in
Shanghai stampede
Police spokesman Fareed
Ahmad Obaid said the rocket
wounded at least 45 people. Ba-
shir Ahmad Shakir, a provincial
council member, said the death
toll could be up to 30 killed with
as many as 60 wounded.
Abdul Haleem, a cousin of the
bride who was hosting her wed-
ding, said that nine of his children
were missing after the rocket
struck his house as guests waited
outside for the bride to arrive.
“Nine children of mine are miss-
ing; I just collected body parts,”
he said. “I don’t know whether
it’s my children or someone else.”
Thirty-five people have been
killed in a stampede during New
Year’s celebrations in downtown
Shanghai, China’s state-run
Xinhua News Agency reported.
The report early today cites
the Shanghai government in
saying that another 42 people
were injured amid the chaos
about a half-hour before mid-
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The deaths and injuries oc-
curred at Shanghai’s popular
riverfront Bund area, which can
be jammed with spectators for
major events.
One Xinhua photo from the
scene showed at least one person
doing chest compressions on a
shirtless man while several other
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Vatican city
Pope stresses life’s
fleetingness
Pope Francis has presided
over a solemn prayer service in
St. Peter’s Basilica on New Year’s
Eve, using his homily to stress
life’s fleetingness.
The spiritual leader said,
“How we like to be surrounded
by so many fireworks, seemingly
beautiful, but which in reality
last only a few minutes.” As hu-
mans, he said, there is a “time to
be bom and a time to die” and
New Year’s also is a time to re-
flect on our mortality, “the end of
the path of life.”
Afterward, the 78-year-old
pontiff, wearing a long white
coat, a scarf and a thin skull cap,
braved frigid air to admire the
life-size Nativity scene in St. Pe-
ter’s Square.
For 20 minutes, he walked
around shaking hands of people
lined up behind barriers to greet
him.
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amid debris.
Another photo showed the ar-
ea ringed by police.
The cause of the stampede
remained under investigation,
the Xinhua report said.
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Kabul, Afghanistan
Rocket kills 26 at Afghan
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A rocket fired amid fighting
between Taliban insurgents and
Afghan soldiers killed at least 26
people at a nearby wedding par-
ty today, authorities said.
The rocket struck a house in
southern Helman province’s
Sangin District, where Afghan
security forces have been bat-
tling insurgents in the six
months since U.S. forces with-
drew from the area.
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