RAMALLAH, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh today pleaded with the international community to open its eyes and see the crimes Israel commits on a daily basis in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Speaking at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting held in Ramallah, Shtayyeh said that the Israeli occupation soldiers and settlers are going to continue their crimes against the Palestinian people in all cities, towns and refugee camps as long as they remain free from accountability and punishment.
He called on whom he referred to as “the protectors of Israel” at the United Nations and international platforms “to open their eyes and hearts and see these crimes committed against our people.”
He criticized the Israeli parliament’s approval of laws of racial discrimination with the aim of perpetuating occupation, annexation, and delegitimizing the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, mentioning, in particular, the racist “emergency law,” which aims at the annexation of the West Bank, as well as a law passed in first reading that calls for revoking citizenship and residency from Palestinian activists in flagrant violation of international conventions and human rights charters.
The Prime Minister also condemned attempts of the new Israeli government to turn over large areas of Palestinian land in the West Bank to settlers and to seize 70 homes and shops in the old city of Hebron, as part of Israel’s aggression against the Palestinian people.
Source: Palestine News & Info Agency