[caption id="attachment_112958" align="alignright" width="270"] Mahmoud Abbas has said he will not make any decision on a bid without the written backing of all Palestinian factions. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP[/caption]
Hamas says it will support proposal that could expose both the Islamist group and Israel to war crimes investigations
Hamas has signed a pledge to back any Palestinian bid to join the international criminal court, a move which could expose both the Islamist group and Israel to war crimes investigations.

The decision revealed by two senior Hamas officials on Saturday would help a bid led by the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, to join the court, a step that would transform his relations with Israel from tense to openly hostile and could also strain his ties with the United States.

Abbas has said he will not make any decision on a bid without the written backing of all Palestinian factions. Last month, he obtained such support from all factions in the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

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