Palestine deems bid to join ICC 'irreversible'

Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat said the Palestinian Authority’s decision to become a member in the International Criminal Court is a permanent one and cannot be revoked.
"All powers on earth will never bring the clock back," Erekat said, press tv reported.
He accused Israel of violating all international laws and conventions through reliance on “the logic of arrogance”. He also accused the US Congress of protecting Israel.
The Palestinian official further warned that the PA would review its political and security ties with Tel Aviv if Israel continues its policy of settlement expansion and withholding the Palestinian tax money. He said that a high-profile meeting is scheduled to be held later in February to decide on the future of ties with Israel.
Israel has frozen the tax revenue it collects from Palestinian imports in response to the PA bid to join the ICC. The Israelis have also called on the international community to stop funding the court. The Tel Aviv regime is hugely fearful that PA’s accession to the ICC would result in the prosecution of leaders as they have been involved in numerous cases of crimes against Palestinian civilians, which amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The United States has also criticized PA for making the efforts, calling it an “unconstructive way to go ahead in the Middle East peace process”.