article_snippet.sent: Israel and the United States, neither of which is an ICC member, opposed The Palestinians efforts to join the body.
article_snippet.sent: What's objectionable is the attempts to undermine international justice, not
article_snippet.sent: The United States also said the court "strongly" disagreed with the court's decision.
article_snippet.sent: As we have said repeatedly, we do not believe that Palestine is a state and therefore we do not believe that it is eligible to join the ICC," the State Department said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: we will continue to oppose actions against Israel at the ICC as counterproductive to the cause of peace," the ICC said.
article_snippet.sent: But the ICC begs to differ with the definition of a state for the ICC begs purposes and refers to the territories as "Palestine.
highlights_snippet.sent: Israel and the United States opposed the move, which could open the door to war crimes investigations against Israelis .