"...PARIS — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday turned down a longstanding request by the Palestinian Authority to investigate accusations of Israeli war crimes during the three-week war against Hamas in Gaza that began in late 2008.In a statement issued by his office on Tuesday, the prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, did not address the issue of whether crimes may have occurred, saying only that his office had no jurisdiction over the Palestinianterritories until the United Nations, or the nations that have joined the court — 121 at present — recognized them as a state. A bid by the Palestinians to join the United Nations appears to have stalled, and Mr. Moreno-Ocampo’s nine-year term ends this summer..."
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