The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has affirmed that demolishing the Palestinians’ houses and facilities by Israeli occupation forces is a war crime in accordance with international law.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has called on the International Criminal Court to investigate into the crimes carried out against Palestinians and hold the occupation authority accountable for these crimes.
The Foreign Ministry made it clear in a statement reported on Tuesday by Wafa Agency that the Israeli occupation continues its crimes against the Palestinians and demolishes their installations and homes in the occupied Jerusalem.
The statement referred to the demolishing of three houses and six commercial establishments on Tuesday in a flagrant violation of the Geneva Conventions and the United Nations resolutions which confirm that Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Palestine .
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs underlined that the destruction of Palestinian homes and facilities , expanding Israeli settlements, arbitrary and racist measures , displacement by force , racist measures and ethnic cleansing fall within the framework of extension the open occupation war in the occupied Palestine and the Israeli occupation’s continuous attempts to obscure the features of the Holy City, falsify its history and cancel the Palestinian presence.
The Foreign Ministry called on the international community to take urgent action and adopt a firm stand to stop the occupation’s plans and conspiracies aiming at eliminating the Palestinian issue.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry also called on the International Criminal Court to open an official investigation into the crime of demolishing Palestinians’ houses in addition to other crimes committed by the occupation against the Palestinian people, its land, sanctities and property..
Rawaa Ghanam