"Saeb Erekat, secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee, announced on Monday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) transferred to the International Criminal Court in the Hague a detailed file concerning Israeli 'settlements.'
In a radio interview Erekat expressed hope that the court will soon decide to open a criminal investigation into the 'settlement crimes.'
'Palestine' officially joined the ICC on April 1, 2015, and immediately filed a series of legal complaints with the court, including a claim that Israeli 'settlements' are 'an ongoing war crime.' Additional complaints revolve around the war in Gaza in 2014, the issue of terrorist prisoners in Israel, and others..."