Taysir Khalid, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and a member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, has welcomed Mrs. Fatou Bensouda’s claim, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, that the court has jurisdiction over the Palestinian territories. Khalid has also stressed that the Bensouda Declaration constitutes a strong response at this time to all countries that questioned the Court’s jurisdiction over the Palestinian territories, claiming that Palestine is not a state. To check the news, click here