Int’l conferences call for adopting 2018 as the year for investigating Israeli crimes

AMMAN — Participants in an international conference held in Amman stressed the necessity of demanding the International Criminal Court to make 2018 the year of investigation into the Israeli crimes of occupation in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially the crimes of settlement and aggression against the Gaza Strip, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Sunday.

At the conference titled “Prolonged Israeli occupation and the reality of human rights in the Palestinian Territories since 1967”, the participants called for consideration of cases brought by Palestinian human rights organisations on war crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces against civilians and their properties after the first investigation.

They also called on the UN to fulfil its responsibility to enable the Palestinians to achieve their right for self-determination, as the international body is firstly responsible for the Palestinian issue since the adoption of Partition Resolution no. 181 by the General Assembly and its recognition of the state of Israel.