Occupied Palestine

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Sunday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to speed up the opening of an investigation into Zionist crimes against the Palestinians.

A ministry statement said Zionist authorities and settlers were escalating “their attacks against the Palestinians, their property and holy sites to achieve their goal of Judaizing Jerusalem and isolating it from its Palestinian surroundings.”

“(Israel) is seeking to annex area C under (Israeli) control in the West Bank under the Oslo Accord and empty it from the Palestinian presence,” the ministry said.

It called on the international community and rights groups to take the necessary steps “to halt (Israeli) assaults and impose sanctions on (Israel).”

On Feb. 5, the ICC ruled that it has jurisdiction regarding crimes in the occupied territories in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.