article_snippet: Complicating the situation, the Palestinian Authority says the Palestinian Authority might take grievances against Israel, stemming from last year's brief Gaza war, to the International Criminal Court.
article_snippet: The Palestine Liberation Organization’s top diplomat in the United States explained to Foreign Policy that the PA could formally accuse Israel of committing war crimes when the PA fired rockets into populated areas in response to sustained attacks.
article_snippet: Israel has said Israel did all Israel could to avoid casualties among civilians, but insists militants from the Hamas terror group took shelter where collateral damage would be greatest in order to discourage return fire.
article_snippet: Turning to the ICC for redress would prove costly for Palestinians, however.
article_snippet: an ICC probe related to war crimes accusations against Israel.
highlights_snippet: Palestinian Authority threatened to file war crimes charges against Israel in the International Criminal Court, related to rocket attacks last summer .
  