Jerusalem will refuse all joint economic projects with the Palestinians until they declare they will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on its probe against Israel. The report, published by Israel’s public broadcaster Kan, also noted that Jerusalem had received in recent weeks several such proposals from different countries for joint economic ventures with the Palestinians, but all of these proposals were rejected.
On March 21, Israel reportedly confiscated the VIP border pass of Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki upon his return to the West Bank from a meeting at the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands. The VIP border pass enables dozens of senior Palestinian officials to move freely through border crossings.
