Emma Graham-Harrison
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We've seen increasingly senior figures speaking out particularly about impunity for violence by settlers in the occupied West Bank.
You know, a lot of our reporting, we've focused on the...
The way the lines between the army and civilians are blurred in the occupied West Bank.
And I think there's a lot of the establishment figures who have been critical would like to make a clear distinction.
But I spoke to Ehud Olmert a couple of months ago, who is the former prime minister of Israel.
You know, I think one of the things that to me was most important about what Olmert said, you know, and to be clear, he was speaking specifically about violence by Israeli settler civilians in the Occupy West Bank.
against Palestinians, not about all violence.
But he called for an ICC intervention to save Palestinians and Israelis.
This isn't just about protecting Palestinians from Israeli violence.
It's also about, you know, in his view, about protecting Israel and Israel's future as a democratic state with a functioning legal system.
He sees this intervention as vital for both Palestinians and Israelis.
I mean, it depends what you mean by investigation, right?
These are internal military investigations.
There have not been any criminal investigations that I'm aware of.
Even the very high profile ones that have involved, for instance, the killing of
International aid workers like the World Central Kitchen, the documented killing of medical staff, a group of Palestinian Red Crescent workers who were in their ambulances, video showed that they were in their ambulances answering a call.
Israel initially tried to say that they were not, didn't have their lights on and things.
The punishments that have been handed down have been administrative and within the military justice system.
They've been put in military prison for a few days, but there hasn't been any criminal proceedings.
I mean, that's an interesting question.