Cabinet supports decision to complain settlements to security council

The Palestinian cabinet said Tuesday that it supports the PLO decision to complain to the United Nations Security Council and the Arab League about Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, according to a statement issued following the weekly cabinet meeting held in Ramallah. The cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, also expressed support for calling on the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to investigate Israeli violations of international law and Palestinian rights. The cabinet condemned Israeli authorities’ decision to demolish Karni (al-Mintar) commercial crossing, east of Gaza, and considered it an “illegal unilateral move” that tightens the blockade on the Gaza Strip.