Palestinians evacuate following an Israeli airstrike on a building in Gaza City May 11, 2021. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
Ramallah: The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to speed up its investigation into Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people.
The Ministry said in a statement that it holds the Israeli government fully responsible for what it described as "the brutal aggression against our people in Jerusalem, their holy places, and their homes, and against our people in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and in the Gaza Strip." It also held the international community responsible for keeping silent and not pressing Israel to stop its aggression and crimes.
Wafa news agency reported that the ministry called on the ICC to speed up its investigation of Israeli crimes against the unarmed Palestinian people because Israel's continued aggression in Gaza shows disregard to the ICC, which is supposed to investigate the 2014 Israeli war on Gaza.
