Palestinian Authority intentionally submits falsified document to the International Criminal Court

"The latest submission by the Palestinian Authority to the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a prime example of how the PA tailors and changes the content of the speeches of its leaders, and its positions in general, depending on the identity and perceived naïveté of the target audience.

In this instance, while speaking in Arabic to the Palestinian audience PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, in his May 19, 2020 speech, declared that as of that day, the PA no longer sees itself obligated by the accords and agreements signed with Israel. In contrast, in the PA submission to the ICC, Abbas' declaration suddenly became conditional on a future event.

These contradictory claims were, however, merely the tip of the iceberg, with the PA's submission.

While the PA claims to have attached to its submission a translation of Abbas' speech, Palestinian Media Watch has found that the document attached is not a transcription of the speech. Rather it is a falsified version, intentionally edited by the PA to mislead the court. The falsified document also conveniently omits Abbas' confession to committing crimes...

One of the most fundamental differences between the PA's version of Abbas' speech and Abbas' actual speech, was his commitment to continue paying cash rewards to Palestinian terrorists, including mass murderers' and to the families of dead terrorists (so-called 'Martyrs'), which the ICC Prosecutor has already written may be a crime against humanity..."