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Comoros–Palestine relations refer to foreign relations between theComoros andPalestine.
Both nations are members of theArab League,Non-Aligned Movement and theOrganization of Islamic Cooperation.
The Comoros recognizedPalestinian statehood on 21 November 1988.[1]
In May 2013, the Comoros asked theInternational Criminal Court to investigate Israel for the2010 Gaza flotilla raid onMV Mavi Marmara which was headed to Gaza.[2][3][4] Although Israel is not a member of the ICC, the lawyer said theMavi Marmara was sailing under flag of the Comoros and many Turks were on board.[5] In May 2013,Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, opened a preliminary examination into the incident after theGovernment of Comoros, under whose flag the Mavi Marmara was sailing, filed a complaint.[6] In November 2014, Bensouda decided not to pursue the case, declaring that the possible crimes were not grave enough to fall within the scope of the court.[7] The government of the Comoros appealed the decision, and in June 2015, three judges of a Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC ruled that the prosecutor made material errors in her assessment of the incident's gravity and requested that the investigation be reopened in a 2–1 majority. Bensouda appealed the decision in July 2015, citing the opinion of the dissenting judge and errors made by the majority, claiming that the Pre-Trial Chamber had exceeded its mandate by applying a strict and mistaken standard to review the decision, and that the interpretation of the legal standard required of her was faulty.[8] Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda refused to prosecute the case again in 2019.[2]
In October 2021, Israeli media reported that the Comoros planned to establish ties with Israel.[9]
In June 2023, the Comoros agreed to attend theNegev Forum which includes Israel.[10] In November 2023, the Comoros joined theSouth African case at the International Criminal Court to investigate the situation in Gaza during theGaza war.[11][12][13]
. Turkish victims ask international criminal court to pursue Israeli gunmen over raid on ship
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