Israel wants to leave the ICC without money

Israeli authorities intend to apply to friendly nations to abandon the International Criminal Court (ICC), Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said.

"We will demand of our friends in Canada, in Australia and in Germany simply to stop funding it," Interfax cited Lieberman.

He added that the ICC is just a "political body."

This position of Tel Aviv due to the recent decision of the ICC to begin a preliminary investigation of possible war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories since June 13, 2014.