International Criminal Court decision on Israel delayed by coronavirus shutdown

"The International Criminal Court's decision about whether to authorize a full criminal probe of Israelis for war crimes will likely be delayed by at least a month after the building in The Hague, Netherlands, closed on Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Due to the shutdown, which will run at least until March 30, and the coronavirus crisis in general, ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has filed a request asking for an extension until April 30 for her legal brief which was due on March 30.

On March 16, and in the days leading up to then, a large number of countries, NGOs and renowned jurists filed legal briefs taking either Israel's side or the Palestinians' side in the alleged war crimes controversy.

The ICC had been expected to hand down a fateful decision about Israel, the Palestinians and alleged war crimes after Bensouda filed her brief on March 30..."