New York: The Palestinian Authority says it will use the new UN status for Palestine to sue Israel at the International Criminal Court if the Tel Aviv regime goes ahead with a new plan to expand illegal settlements in the occupied territories.
Nabil Shaat, 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.
By continuing these war crimes of settlement activities on our lands and stealing our money, Israel is pushing and forcing us to go to the ICC, Shaat said.
On November 29, the 193-member UN General Assembly voted 138-9 with 41 abstentions to upgrade Palestines status to non-member observer state.
The Israeli regime announced the plan for the construction of the new settlement units following the UN vote.
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