The Palestinian Authority has frozen the work of the committee amassing proof in opposition to Israel in preparation for submission to the Worldwide Prison Courtroom in The Hague, Safa reported on Monday.
In keeping with the native information company, Israel’s Channel 12 TV revealed that the PA president’s workplace requested the committee “to cease its work at this stage”. The TV station stated that the instruction was the fruit of the latest assembly between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz.
It added that Gantz additionally requested Abbas to cease paying stipends to the households of Palestinian prisoners and martyrs, together with a request to not go to the ICC. Abbas apparently replied by saying that he’s prepared to reply to the Israeli minister’s requests if the political course of between the PA and Israel is resumed.
Nonetheless, Abbas stated that it’s troublesome for him to hold out Gantz’s requests right now. Nonetheless, the proof committee was ordered to cease working by Abbas’s workplace with none cause being given.
There are a number of committees amassing proof for the ICC in opposition to Israel, however solely one among has been ordered to cease its work. Channel 12 regarded this as a “optimistic step”, noting that it calms the PA’s motion in opposition to Israel.
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