#ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC has arrived in #Ramallah.

Prosecutor Khan will meet w/ their Excellencies the President, Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of the State of #Palestine.

During his visit the Prosecutor will also meet with survivors and the families of victims. pic.twitter.com/msRcRDuNiS

— Int'l Criminal Court (@IntlCrimCourt) December 2, 2023

• Palestinian Rights Groups Snub ICC Prosecutor

  Khan has been visiting Israel and the occupied West Bank following a request by a group representing families of victims of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas gunmen, but he was also due to meet Palestinian officials in Ramallah.

  However Palestinian activists said they would refuse to see him because of their objections to what they saw as unequal treatment of Israeli and Palestinian cases.

  "As Palestinian human rights organizations, we decided not to meet him," said Ammar Al-Dwaik, director general of the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR).

  "I think the way this visit has been handled shows that Mr. Khan is not handling his work in an independent and professional manner."

• Palestinian President Urges ICC to Speed Up Prosecution of `Israeli War Criminals'

  Abbas briefed the Prosecutor on Israel's violation of the sanctity of hospitals and shelters, the demolition of homes with civilians inside, the crimes of settler-colonial expansion, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and various other violations of international law and international humanitarian law.

  - Cases handover -

  In 2014, the Palestinian Authority (PA) handed over files to the ICC on multiple Israeli crimes during the war on Gaza.

  Furthermore, there is the case against Israeli settlement, including illegal construction on Palestinian land and settlers' terrorism, which led to the killing of Palestinian civilians.

  The Palestinians will now submit new files about the current war.

  - Delayed justice -

  For years, the Palestinians have been documenting Israeli crimes in the Palestinian territories.

  Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said during his meeting with Khan on Saturday that delaying justice is an absence of justice itself.

  Shtayyeh added that the ICC should be for sentencing and deterrence, asserting that for 75 years now, Israel has been acting like it is above the law.