The official spokesman for the Palestinian presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said that the continuation of today’s Jewish terrorism in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem reflects the reality of Israel as an apartheid state.
“The Jewish terrorism that we witnessed today in Sheikh Jarrah, and what we see daily in the rest of the Palestinian cities, villages and camps, represent an Israeli political orientation and decision, which defies international law, especially the US administration that announced its rejection of the displacement of the Palestinian population and all unilateral measures taken by Israel,” Abu Rudeineh in a statement.
What has been happening since yesterday evening in Sheikh Jarrah, and the increase in settler violence and lack of deterrence, has reached unprecedented levels, he said, adding that the increase in violence among settlers in several Palestinian areas under the protection of the Israeli army requires urgent international intervention to provide protection for the Palestinian people.
The spokesman noted that the policy of population displacement and house demolitions requires the international community to turn its futile condemnations into serious and real pressure, and to impose sanctions on Israel in order to oblige it to abide by international legitimacy.
Abu Rudeineh said that the system of apartheid and displacement brought Israel into complete isolation and above international law, stressing that its failure to abide by the resolutions of international legitimacy turned it into an “apartheid” state.
“The peaceful popular resistance will remain the most important and most effective weapon in restoring Palestinian rights,” he said, noting that President Mahmoud Abbas’s message in his speech before the Central Council was clear, and that the decisions recently taken by the Central Council are on the table, because the continuation of the current situation is absolutely unacceptable.
Abu Rudeineh pointed out that all settlements are illegal according to international legitimacy resolutions, affirming that Israel must be forced to stop unilateral measures as well as its crimes against the Palestinian people, who are subjected to a policy of racial discrimination recognized by international human rights organizations.
Source: Palestinian News & Information Agency