For the first time, the Palestinian government has submitted a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) calling on prosecutors to open an immediate investigation into Israeli crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The European Union External Action Service warned that it expects Israeli authorities to “reverse their decision” taken two weeks ago not to renew the work visa of Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Country Director of Human Rights Watch.

“The combined efforts of Palestinians in using their bodies, cameras, and voices to support detained protesters made it impossible for the police to hide the severity of their actions,” writes Amjad Iraqi.

The two-month journey will see the ships stopping off at several European ports to take part in activities supporting the Palestinians’ so-called “March of Return.”

“We Israelis must face our part in the physical expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 and its symbolic weight for Palestinians today. It may bite, but it won’t destroy us,” writes Galia Golan.

A small crowd of Palestinian protesters in the West Bank on Monday pelted an American diplomatic vehicle with eggs to protest the recent move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem.

A PA official told Al-Monitor that the Turks have in the past tried to engage in mediation between the two main Palestinian factions behind Egypt’s back, but Abbas rejected these efforts.