Palestinian foreign minister welcomes ICJ provisional measures

Palestine welcomes the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said in a televised speech on Friday.

"The ICJ judges assessed the facts and the law, they ruled in favor of humanity and international law," he said.

Al-Maliki added that Palestine calls on all states to ensure the measures ordered by the court are implemented "including by Israel, the occupying power."