PLO Secretary General Saeb Ereket says the Palestinian Authority will give information to the International Criminal Court following a Knesset vote on a bill to legalize West Banki outposts.
The so-called Regulation Bill, which has been harshly criticized by the US, EU and UN as a breach of international law, sailed through the Knesset in a preliminary reading, clearing its first legislative hurdle by a count of 60 MKs to 49. Israel’s attorney-general, Avichai Mandelblit, has warned that the bill breaches local and international law.
PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat speaks at the Haaretz and New Israel Fund conference in the Roosevelt Hotel, NYC, on December 13, 2015. (Photo by Amir Levy/Flash90)
“We call upon all states of the United Nations, particularly Security Council members, to support a forthcoming resolution on settlements,” he says in a statement. “Additionally, we will provide the International Criminal Court with information about this and other steps taken by the Israeli government relevant to its Prosecutor’s current examination into the situation in Occupied Palestine, including in and around Occupied East Jerusalem.”
Saying that Israel has “a long history of attempts to ‘legalize’ war crimes,” Erekat says, “This culture of impunity continues to destroy the prospects to end the Israeli occupation and achieve a just and lasting peace between Israel and Palestine.”
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