Palestine insists on resorting to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to pressure Israel, despite its dissatisfaction with the court's performance.
Palestinians accuse the ICC of bias and turning not humanitarian issues into political ones.
They are awaiting an advisory opinion from the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, whom they accuse of procrastinating the discussion of the Palestinian file.
Earlier, the Israeli security cabinet approved a series of measures to prevent the collapse of the Palestinian Authority (PA) while advancing its demand to cease its activities against Israel in the international legal-diplomatic arena.
However, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry confirmed it would proceed with the case.
The political advisor to the Foreign Minister, Ambassador Ahmed al-Deek, said the Palestinians reject the politicization of the international court, which is based in The Hague in the Netherlands.
He added that the Authority wants to ensure the court's commitment to the Rome Statute and the regulations governing its work.
Signed in 1998, The Rome Statute affirms "that the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole must not go unpunished and that their effective prosecution must be ensured by taking measures at the national level and by enhancing international cooperation."
It is determined to end impunity for the perpetrators of these crimes and thus contribute to preventing such crimes.
Deek told the Arab News Agency (ANA) that the court must step up and speed up its investigations regarding the crimes of the occupation and the files that were referred to the court.
He asserted that it remains unclear why the Court is investigating and issuing memorandums concerning the situation in Ukraine but remains silent regarding the violations and crimes in Palestine.
The Palestinians referred three files to the ICC concerning the attacks, killings, and assassinations in the Gaza Strip, the settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and the Palestinian detainees.
The official asserted that all these issues include grave Israeli violations and crimes against international laws and the Rome Statute, noting that Palestine is a member of the Court's General Assembly, which consists of the group of signatories to the Rome Statute.
He added that the Palestinians may request at any moment, in cooperation with friendly Arab and Islamic countries, to hold a meeting of the General Assembly so that the court assumes its responsibilities towards crimes committed against the Palestinian people.
Head of the Gaza-based International Commission to Support Palestinians' Rights Salah Abdalati believes Palestinians should have resorted to the international court sooner.
He accused the new public prosecutor of seeking to please the West, led by the US and Israel.
The expert recalled that within a week, the Prosecutor went to Ukraine to investigate the war and issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin in less than a year, although Russia and Ukraine are not party to the Rome Accord.
The legal advisor, Nafez al-Madhoun, believes that Israel and some major countries influence the ICC judges.
He told the Arab News Agency that the Palestinian Authority must, without hesitation or fear, resort to the international court for justice for Palestinian victims who have suffered over the past years from repression and occupation measures that amount to genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
Madhoun noted that Israel fears the International Criminal Court, even if its leaders' statements show otherwise.
