PLO Secretary Dr. Saeb Erekat, a longtime aide and confidant to Yasser Arafat YSVZ, has called for “moving to the next stage” against Israel, namely to persuade the International Court of Justice in The Hague to begin investigating Israeli “war crimes” throughout Yehuda, Shomron, Gaza and eastern Jerusalem.

In his statement, he spoke of Israeli Colonialism” and the need to move ahead to stop Israel from stealing additional ands. Erekat was referring to recent statements from senior Israeli cabinet ministers calling for the construction of thousands of housing units throughout Yehuda and Shomron.

Erekat warns against delay as he feels Israel is moving ahead with additional construction, which he refers to as “Stealing additional lands from the Palestinians”.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)