Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki speaks during a press conference at the International Criminal Court
Malki said the complaint seeks an investigation into Israeli policies in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem since the state of Palestine joined the ICC in June 2014.
"On behalf of the Palestinian people, the State of Palestine exercised its right as a State Party to the Rome Statute to refer the Situation in Palestine, to the International Criminal Court", MOFA added.
Under global law it is illegal to transfer populations out of or into occupied territory.
The ICC has been conducting a preliminary probe since 2015 into alleged crimes in the Palestinian territories, including Israel's settlement policy and crimes allegedly committed by both sides in the 2014 Gaza conflict.
Michael Lynk said: "This blatant excessive use of force by Israel - an eye for an eyelash - must end, and there must be true accountability for those in military and political command who have ordered or allowed this force to be once again employed at the Gaza fence". After acknowledging, prosecution has independence to decide wher or not to open inquiry.
"The State of Palestine believes there is sufficient and insurmountable evidence available to the Prosecutor to justify opening an investigation immediately", it added.
The display of animous towards the delegation came exactly one week after the Trump administration officially moved the USA embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem-a move seen as a direct assault on the so-called "peace process" and the demand that East Jerusalem ultimately become the future capital of an independent Palestinian state.
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Israel is not a member of the ICC however, and the Israeli foreign ministry on Tuesday said it "takes a severe view" of the referral, which it called "a cynical step without legal validity".
The Palestinian case against Israel is by far the most high profile and politically sensitive issue to reach the court since it was established in 2002.
"The ICC lacks jurisdiction over the Israeli-Palestinian issue, since Israel is not a member of the Court and because the Palestinian Authority is not a state".
Defending its own judicial process, Israel stated that its "review mechanisms" as well as its "judicial oversight" are "appropriate for a democratic state and in accordance with worldwide law". A delegation of prosecutors and magistrates traveled in October 2016 to Jewish state on an informative mission to avoid suspicion and to raise awareness of task of global criminal justice. Israel has traditionally refused to cooperate with ICC.
The referral will include Israel's past, present and future war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinian people. But that position is not internationally recognized. Anor 200,000 settlers reside in eastern part of Jerusalem, which was annexed in 1980 by decision of Israeli parliament.
As far as Palestine moving the ICC is concerned, the ICC can charge the suspects of the crime, but has no police force and is dependent on member states for enforcement of any action.
"It is time to hold the Israeli war criminals accountable and to bring justice to the Palestinian People", concluded the statement. Israeli troops continue to penetrate at ir whim, however, within ir perimeter for security reasons. So that the fundamental requirement of the Geneva Convention regarding the transfer of civilians to an occupied area, namely that it would be torn away from a sovereign power, is missing from the equation. "It is a charitable foundation that provides grants to organisations working with Palestinian refugee children living in refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza".
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