PNC Calls for a Complaint to the International Court of Justice against Trump Administration

PNC Calls for a Complaint to the International Court of Justice against Trump Administration

The Palestine National Council (PNC) demanded a new complaint to be submitted to the International Court of Justice against Trump administration following the announcement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are not in violation of international law, calling for following up the complaint filed by the State of Palestine to the International Court of Justice, after transferring US Embassy to Occupied Jerusalem.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, PNC said: This declaration constitutes a new attack on international law and resolutions of international legitimacy and a continuation of the aggression led by Trump Administration, about two years ago, on the rights of the people of Palestine. PNC affirmed that the members of Trump Administration are partners to the Israeli occupation in its violations of international law and UN resolutions, in particular the Security Council Resolution 2334, as well as violating the Fourth Geneva Convention and its violation of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, which considered all forms of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories null and void, and it is also a war crime under the 1998 Rome Statute, which states that those who support and recognize the legitimacy of settlements must be held accountable.

PNC called on the international community and the parliaments of the world to curb this American chaos and disregard of international law and international resolutions, and condemn this American unprecedented behavior at loud, and take firm positions towards this policy, and call on the Secretary-General of the United Nations to reconsider USA membership in the UN as it does not respect the Charter or the decisions of its institutions.

19 November, 2019