In May 2013, the Comoros asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel for the Gaza flotilla raid on MV Mavi Marmara which was headed to Gaza.[2][3][4] Although Israel is not a member of the ICC, the lawyer said the Mavi 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 the Government 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]
