Palestinians to sue Zionist regime at ICC

The Palestinian Authority says it will use the new UN status for Palestine to sue Zionist regime at the International Criminal Court if the Tel Aviv regime goes ahead with a new plan to expand illegal settlements in the occupied territories.

According to Press TV, Nabil Sha’at, a senior member of the Palestinian Authority, said on Tuesday that Palestinians would file a complaint at the ICC if the Israeli regime sticks to its recent plan to build thousands more settler units in East al-Quds and the West Bank, including in the controversial E1 area.
Sha’at said “By continuing these war crimes of settlement activities on our lands and stealing our money, Zionist regime is pushing and forcing us to go to the ICC.”
On November 29, the 193-member UN General Assembly voted 138-9 with 41 abstentions to upgrade Palestine’s status to non-member observer state.
The Zionist regime announced the plan for the construction of the new settlement units following the UN vote.
Meanwhile, Hanan Ashrawi, a Palestine Authority official, said the international community should propose sanctions on Zionist regime.
Many countries, including some of Tel Aviv’s allies, have criticized the settlement expansion plan.