Israeli authorities confiscated the VIP border pass of Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki on his return to Judea and Samaria after meeting at the International Criminal Court, a Palestinian official told Reuters on Sunday.
“This is the Foreign Minister of the State of Palestine. He doesn’t represent himself. He represents the State of Palestine, and we regard this as an attack against the State of Palestine,” said Ahmed al-Deek, an official in Maliki’s office.
He added that Israeli security forces questioned Maliki’s aides for 90 minutes at the border crossing from Jordan.
Maliki’s office said on Thursday that he met with Bensouda to urge that her investigation into alleged “war crimes” by Israelis against the Palestinians, which was announced earlier this month, be accelerated.