PLO secretary general seeks Arab support against Israel aggression
The secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has urged Arab countries to move in order to stop the Tel Aviv regime’s aggression against Palestinians.
Speaking at a press conference in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Sunday, Saeb Erekat said the Palestinian people need international protection against the “repetitive Israeli aggressive practices.”
The senior Palestinian official also said the “continued occupation” of the al-Aqsa Mosque and Palestinian territories by Israel is the “root cause of all problems.”
Erekat said no stability could be achieved in the Middle East region without confronting Israel.
He also criticized US Secretary of State John Kerry and other senior American officials for hindering the establishment of an international commission to probe the Israeli crimes against Palestinians.
“We asked John Kerry for an international investigation commission and an international protection commission and we still do not understand why they refuse,” Erekat said.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Erekat said the Palestinian Authority has decided to reconsider any security or economic coordination with the Israeli regime. “We will not be the only side who commit to the agreements.”
Erekat met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo to discuss the escalating Israeli violence against Palestinians.
Palestinians have been staging protests at the sweeping restrictions Israel has been applying since August 26 on entries of Palestinians into the compound of the al-Aqsa Mosque in East al-Quds (Jerusalem).
Palestinians are also angry at increasing violence by Israeli settlers who frequently storm the al-Aqsa Mosque. They say the Tel Aviv regime seeks to change the status quo of the compound.
Nearly 60 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds of others injured since the Israeli regime began a harsh crackdown on the Palestinians in early October.
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