The Palestinian Authority (PA) decided on Monday to file a legal case against the Israeli occupation at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over illegal settlement construction and expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Saeb Erekat Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said in a press release that the PA leadership decided to file a lawsuit against Israel’s illegitimate settlement activity at the ICC.
Erekat also said the PA leadership decided to join several international organizations and to call on the Security Council to convene an emergency session to demand protection for the Palestinian people.
Erekat added that the PA decided to form a committee to oversee relations with the Israeli occupation and put into action the decisions of the National Council.
Tension has reached a peak in the occupied Palestinian territories after the US moved afternoon on Monday its embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem—a city which is home to the third holiest site in Islam al-Aqsa Mosque.
At least 59 Palestinians have been killed and 2710 injured after the Israeli military aggressively attacked marchers at Gaza’s border.
