Former European prime ministers and ministers signed a letter calling for an investigation into war crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to what was published by the British newspaper, The Guardian.
The former European heads of government and ministers expressed their refusal to accuse the International Criminal Court of anti-Semitism for its investigation into the crimes of "Israel", and stressed their refusal to undermine the investigation of the crimes in the Palestinian territories by the International Criminal Court, according to what the newspaper reported on its website. Former European heads of government and ministers valued the European Union´s support for the International Criminal Court, and welcomed the Biden administration´s decision to reverse the executive order and lift the sanctions imposed by his predecessor, Donald Trump, on the International Criminal Court, and considered the step as a strengthening of international justice institutions and standards. It is noteworthy that the Human Rights Council had voted last Thursday to form an independent international commission of inquiry on the Israeli aggression in the Palestinian territories, and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and within the 48 territories. The resolution was adopted after 24 countries voted for it, 14 countries abstained, and 9 countries opposed it: Uruguay, Britain, Marshall Islands, Malawi, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Cameroon, and the Czech Republic. On April 13, the situation in the Palestinian territories erupted as a result of "brutal" attacks by the occupation police and settlers in Jerusalem, especially Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings and Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, where the occupation seeks to evict 12 homes of Palestinian families and hand them over to settlers. In response to widespread violations of Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacks on worshipers inside it on Ramadan 28, corresponding to May 13, Palestinian factions in Gaza fired dozens of rockets at Israeli settlements near the Strip. On the same day, the occupation launched a brutal aggression on Gaza, by land, air and sea, which resulted in the death of 256 Palestinians, including 66 children and 39 women, 17 elderly, before it ended with a ceasefire on May 21. The resistance factions responded by firing thousands of missiles at Israeli cities, killing 13 Israelis and wounding hundreds.
