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THE United Nations’ Palestine peace envoy condemned Thursday’s “extrajudicial execution” of a wounded Palestinian by an Israeli soldier yesterday.
Special Co-ordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov said: “This was a gruesome, immoral and unjust act that can only fuel more violence and escalate an already volatile situation.”
Abed al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif and Ramzi Aziz al-Qasrawi were shot after they allegedly tried to stab Israeli occupation troops in the Old City district of Hebron in the West Bank.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
Given the recent rejection of peace proposals by Israel the world must provide an immediate and resolute response to force accountability on Gaza, argues RAMZY BAROUD
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
