January 11, 2016

U.S threatens to add Fatah to 'terror' list

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Monday 11 Jan 2016 - 13:14 Makkah mean time-1-4-1437

Amman, (IINA) - Abbas Zaki, a member of Fatah’s central committee, stated on Saturday that the U.S has threatened to add the Fatah movement to Washington’s list of "terrorist" groups if it attempted to have Israeli leaders indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), World Bulletin reported.
Zaki made the assertions in a speech he delivered in Jordan to mark the 51st anniversary of the Palestinian National Revolution. "Fatah sees 2016 as the year of [Palestinian] national unity, during which it will reconsider its relationship with Israel", he said.
He added: "The movement has diverse means of putting pressure on Israel, including the submission last year of complaints to the ICC against Israeli leaders for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Palestinian territories".
Last April, ICC spokesman Fadi Al-Abdullah announced that Palestine had formally joined the court "as a full-fledged member". Since then, the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority has submitted several complaints to the ICC accusing Israel of having committed war crimes and of pursuing a policy of illegal settlement construction.
Speaking at the same event in Amman, Atef Tarawneh, Jordanian speaker of parliament, warned that "the inevitable result of ongoing [Israeli] crimes and violations in Palestinian towns and villages will be a religious war… that will have disastrous consequences for everyone".
Tarawneh went on to stress Jordan’s commitment to "safeguarding Jerusalem’s holy places and combatting Israeli violations based on the Hashemite custodianship of the city’s Muslim and Christian holy sites and [Jordan’s] continued pledge to maintain the Arab identity [of Jerusalem]".
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the total number of Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces since October 1 reached 151, including 27 minors. The ministry also stated that Israeli gunfire had injured 4,714 Palestinians over the same period.
AG/IINA

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