Abbas Holding Off on Turning to ICC

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has blocked an attempt to push for the prosecution of Israel for war crimes in Gaza at the International Criminal Court (ICC), a senior Palestinian Arab official said over the weekend.

 

Hasan Khreisha, the second-deputy speaker of the Palestinian parliament, told the Ma’an news agency that the PA’s decision to join the ICC and thus press charges against Israel was halted by Abbas in order to push forward a new peace talks bid.

 

“President Abbas decided not to sue Israel at the ICC unless his new initiative fails to resume peace talks with Israel,” Khreisha said, adding that the PA was waiting for the United States to officially reply to a message from Abbas asking for the resumption of talks.

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