Monday April 8, 2013, the Media and Education Department at the
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) called for conducting all
needed arrangements to file lawsuits against Israeli settlers, and
Israeli political leaders, at international courts “in order to
prosecute them for violations of International Law”, and to ensure
protecting to the Palestinian People.
The PLO strongly denounced a recent attack carried out by extremist
settlers against two mosques in Teqoua’ Palestinian village, east of the
West Bank city of Bethlehem. The settlers wrote “Price Tag” graffiti,
and some threats against the villagers, the Palestine News Network (PNN)
has reported.
The department said that “the existence of the settlers in the occupied
state of Palestine violates international law, and is considered a war
crime according to the Rome Statute”.
It added that the settlers are not being prosecuted for their crimes, in
addition to the fact that they receive funding, and protection from the
army, “an issue that constitutes another war crime”.
The department further stated that there has been a serious escalation
in attacks against holy sites in Palestine, and warned that such attacks
could drag the region into a renewed wave of clashes.
“Israel must admit and recognize its illegitimate presence in the
occupied territories”, the PLO said, “It must remove its settlers, and
stop the construction of settlements, before the entire region is
dragged into a new, extended, cycle of violence”.
http://www.imemc.org/article/65306
Monday 8 April 2013
PLO Calls For Prosecuting Settlers In International Courts
Posted @ 17:34
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