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Palestinians, ICC meet on evidence of Israel's war crimes against Palestinians

Xinhua, March 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

A senior Palestinian official said on Monday that Palestine and the International Criminal Court (ICC) have discussed evidence of Israel's war crimes against the Palestinians.

Reyad el-Malki, minister of foreign affairs in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), made the remarks in a interview after meetings with ICC representatives.

The Palestinians expect the ICC to investigate Israel's crimes after fully understanding what the Palestinian side has already clarified based on all the presented data, files and documents, the diplomat said.

"Today's meeting mentioned the arson attacks by Israelis against Dawabsha family, burning a toddler and his parents to death, and the two sides further discussed the daily crimes of the settlers," the minister said.

The first day of meeting on Saturday saw the two sides debating on Israeli settlement, while the second day was devoted to Israel's large-scale military offensive in the Gaza Strip in 2014.

The three-day meetings were held in Amman, capital of Jordan, because Israel has banned the ICC's entrance into the Palestinian territories, he explained.

In April the Palestinians became an official member in the ICC, and have since have prepared files of evidence to sue Israel for committing war crimes against the Palestinians.

The PNA has prepared the files related to settlement's expansion and building the Wall in the West Bank.

"All we want is to facilitate the ICC and accomplish this mission," el-Malki said. "Our ministry will keep in touch with the ICC until the court officially starts its investigation." Endit