The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, welcomed the decision of the ICC’s prosecutor to initiate an investigation into crimes committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and considered it new evidence to condemn the occupation and its crimes. Aboul Gheit affirmed that the decision is consistent with the principles of international justice and stressed the need to respect the decision and not to politicize the court’s work and procedures. This statement came in light of Israel’s attempts to “silence the voice of justice,” according to him. To check the news, click here