Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki has condemned recent attacks by Jewish settlers on occupied towns of the West Bank, describing them as organized terrorism carried out by the Zionist State of Israel.
Al-Maliki also accused the Israeli army of protecting the settlers in the ongoing religious war.. The army is protecting the settlers charged with terror, fear-mongering, killing and destruction in Palestinian lands.
The purpose of the attacks by Jewish settlers is to remove Palestinians from their lands in order to spread the ever ongoing illegal settlement project. The settlers’ attacks on the occupied areas of the West Bank are carried out by the Israeli state.
This is organized ethnic terrorism. Frustrated with the international community’s approach, al-Maliki said that diplomats have made statements, but they are not enough to stop the invaders from seizing and privatizing Palestinian properties.
We expect the countries opposing the occupation to cut ties with Israel, implement sanctions, and to recognize all settlers as illegal terrorists.
Estimates indicate that around 700,000 Israeli settlers are living in 164 settlements and 116 outposts in the occupied West Bank. Under international law, all Jewish settlements in the occupied territories are considered illegal.
Al-Maliki also called on the international community — in particular the International Criminal Court and the competent institutions — to play a role in preventing settler attacks.
Palestine is working hard to report Israeli government officials’ statements and settler attacks to the International Criminal Court, in order to expedite the official investigation into Israel’s terrorist crimes.
Some Israeli officials have even described the organized attacks by settlers in the West Bank as nationalist terrorism. The OSLO accords are totally being neglected.
The purpose of these statements may be to protect Israeli institutions in the eyes of international law and the international community in order to show that there is a difference between the terrorist acts committed by the settlers and the state institutions.
Palestinians, however, know that terrorism exists, and not only from the settlers, but also from the state. Al-Maliki said that attacks carried out by the Israeli army kept the region in a constant state of conflict.
The continuation of the current situation will drag the region into a religious war. The international community needs to take action before the situation reaches a point of no return.
The Palestinian foreign minister emphasized that relations between Turkiye and Palestine are much more than friendship. The Turkish government and people attach great importance to what is happening in Palestine.
Turkish leaders are among the first to react to Israel’s crimes. Yurkiye’s vision towards Palestine is ahead of many other countries. Palestine is ready to coordinate with the Turkish authorities on all the necessary measures to protect the rights of the Palestinians.
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Al-Maliki said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas did not make any particular statement regarding the Uyghur Turks in China.
The claim that the president or any Palestinian official has made any statement regarding the Uyghur Turks in China is absolutely not true. Such fabricated news is aimed at disrupting relations between Turkiye and Palestine.
The Palestinian Authority, are not bound by every word or position adopted by any state. The Palestinian official said that Abbas supported the “One China” policy in his speeches.
Abbas stated that China has the right to deal with Taiwan and Hong Kong issues. However, human rights issues should not be politicized.
The Palestinian position aligns with that of the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Non-Aligned Movement countries and the United Nations resolutions.
Middle East Monitor / ABC Flash Point News 2023.
I am a supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah because they are freedom fighters against the evil of apartheid JEWISH Israel.
You, and several allies of the apartheid state call them terrorists because, for example, the US politicians drool at the thought of all the Benjamins they can obtain from the JEWISH lobby in the US.
You and the vile JEWISH illegal state of Israel are without any morals.
The question is what to do with a group of Europeans who have never been able to get along with other groups. They need to be on an isolated island for Jews only, not on prime Mediterranean coastal land at the apex of Europe, Africa, and Asia, with an ideal climate, plenty of natural resources, and a large native population. Those who populate Palestine – at the apex of three continents, need to be able to get along with and intermix with a wide array of religions, ethnic groups, skin shades, languages, and cultures.