Israeli Attorney general: International Criminal Court can't rule on conflict as there is no Palestinian state

"Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said Monday he is drafting a legal opinion that refutes the International Criminal Court's legitimacy to discuss matters pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because 'there is no Palestinian state.'

Jerusalem has long argued that the court has no jurisdiction over matters relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, since it has no jurisdiction over Israel (which is not a member state) or the West Bank and Gaza - as Palestine is not a state.

In January 2015 ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda opened a preliminary examination into the "situation in Palestine," after the Palestinian Authority signed the Rome Statute and formally accepted the court's jurisdiction over its territory.

However, the legal validity of the move remains a subject of contention..."