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 The 2014 Gaza Conflict: Factual and Legal Aspects. Israeli official documents, June. 2015. 

Can the ICC go after settlements as war crimes? Analysis of experts, including Dr. Sigall Horovitz from the Minerva Center. By Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post 01 April 2015.

 The Palestinian Accession to the Rome Statute and the Question of the Settlements by Ido Rosenzweig. Opinio Juris, January 22nd, 2015

Does Abbas really want to take Israel to The Hague over Gaza? The Palestinian Authority has slim chance of an ICC investigation of Israel, and could even face its own probe, says international legal expert Sigall Horovitz; meanwhile, Israel should consider its own steps to avoid seeing its troops and leaders in the dock. Roi Simyoni, Ynet, Jan.15.2015

Palestine and the ICC: An (Imagined) View from Inside the Court, By Alex Whiting. 07 January 2015 

UN chief: State of Palestine will join ICC on April 1Ban Ki-moon says he is acting as the 'depositary' for the documents of ratification. By The Associated Press, Jan. 7, 2015.

 NGO asks ICC to indict Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal on war crimes charges. Shurat Hadin alleges that Mashaal is "liable for Hamas’s war crime of execution without due process"; request uses Hamas leader's Jordanian citizenship against him, since Jordan is member of ICC. By Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post 3.9.2014 

International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda: the truth about the ICC and Gaza. Under the laws of the Hague court, my office can only investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine if it grants us jurisdiction in its territory. It has not done so. 29.8.2014

Questions of Legal Warfare - by Ido Rosenzweig, Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, The Times of Israel blog, July 13, 2014

No, they can’t sue Palestine at the ICC by Sigall Horovitz, The Times of Israel blog, May 8, 2014

How Israel Can (Lawfully) Avoid an ICC Investigation into the West Bank Settlements by Sigall Horovitz, Opinio Juris, March 3rd, 2013