Washington reiterates its full bias towards the Israeli occupation

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WASHINGTON, (ST)- The United States has reiterated its full bias towards the Israeli occupation entity after the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced his country’s opposition to any international move to open an investigation into the war crimes perpetrated in the occupied Palestinian territories.

A statement issued by Pompeo on Friday said that “the United States decisively opposes any move by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against “Israel”.

He said that after the announcement of Fatou Bensouda, the ICC Prosecutor, that she wants to open a comprehensive investigation into possible war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories.

 The Palestinian Foreign ministry welcomed Bensouda’s announcement, saying that the step is the first of its kind since 2015 and it is an important development to open investigation into the Israeli occupation’s war crimes in the West bank and Gaza strip.

The ministry vowed complete cooperation with the ICC in order to achieve justice for the Palestinians, who are victims of the Israeli occupation crimes.

Hamda Mustafa

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