Mar 8, 2021 Palestinian PM: As ICC Members, We Can Take American Companies and Organizations to Court

Palestinian Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh said that the Palestinian appeal to the ICC shatters the Israeli “monopoly on pain” and Israeli claims that the Jews are the only ones who were “tormented by the Nazis and so on.” He made these remarks during a show that aired on Palestine TV (Palestinian Authority) on March 1, 2021. Dr. Shtayyeh said that the Palestinian appeal to the ICC “demonstrates and proves” that the Palestinian people suffer and that their prisoners have been tortured and killed. He added that if Israel is in fact indicted in the ICC, American companies and organizations could be taken to court as well for helping Israel in its actions against Palestinians. Dr. Shtayyeh said that the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State had told Abbas that Palestinian membership in the ICC would be tantamount to obtaining a nuclear bomb.