Palestinians ask UN court to revoke US Jerusalem embassy move

JERUSALEM (DNA) – Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki said Saturday the Palestinians have petitioned the UN s top court, alleging that the US inauguration of an embassy in Jerusalem was illegal.
The Palestinians have filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) “for violating international law by moving its embassy in Israel to the occupied city of Jerusalem”, he said.
In December, US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite Palestinian claims on part of the city and breaking with longstanding US policy.
Palestinians have since refused all contact with the Trump administration.
The US embassy was transferred from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14, a day marked by mass protest in the Gaza Strip, where about 60 Palestinian protesters were killed by Israeli fire in border clashes.
Israel occupied east Jerusalem along with the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War and later declared the entire city its united capital.
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