Abbas to meet war crimes prosecutor as unrest flares
- 9 years ago
Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas will meet Friday with the prosecutor of the world's only permanent war crimes court, Palestinian officials said amid a surge of fresh violence with Israel.
It will be Abbas's first meeting with the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court since the Palestinian Authority sparked controversy by joining the tribunal in January, an official with the Palestinian mission in The Hague told AFP .
The visit comes as Israel and the Palestinians grapple with another wave of deadly violence amid fears that almost daily clashes and knife attacks could herald a third Palestinian uprising, or intifada.
Abbas, who is in the Netherlands as part of a European tour, would visit ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda "in the context of the grave Israeli escalation in occupied Palestine," the official said, asking not to be identified.
It will be Abbas's first meeting with the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court since the Palestinian Authority sparked controversy by joining the tribunal in January, an official with the Palestinian mission in The Hague told AFP .
The visit comes as Israel and the Palestinians grapple with another wave of deadly violence amid fears that almost daily clashes and knife attacks could herald a third Palestinian uprising, or intifada.
Abbas, who is in the Netherlands as part of a European tour, would visit ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda "in the context of the grave Israeli escalation in occupied Palestine," the official said, asking not to be identified.