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SvennoJ on 13 July 2024
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Gaza is ‘one massive death zone’: Palestinian lawmaker

Hanan Ashrawi, also a distinguished scholar and an activist, has said that Israel’s latest mass killing of at least 71 Palestinians in al-Mawasi has “turned all of Gaza into one massive death zone”.

“American bombs and shells rain down on Gaza while the Israeli government and thugs succeed in preventing any form of medical, food, or fuel supplies from reaching the devastated population,” she said in a post on X.

She called the attack “horrific” and “savage”.

Translation: I am outraged and I think that the greatest injustice is in Gaza where 200 civilians have just been bombed to death. But I am even more outraged because this destruction of international human law is the prelude to the barbarism they want to unleash on all the oppressed people of the earth.


Saudi Arabia condemns al-Mawasi attack

The kingdom’s Foreign Ministry has called for “activating international accountability mechanisms” against Israeli abuses.

“The Foreign Ministry condemns in strongest terms the continuation of genocidal massacres against the Palestinian people at the hands of the Israeli war machine, the latest of which was the targeting displaced people’s camps in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip,” it said in a statement.


Palestinian PM condemns Israel’s ‘genocidal crimes’ in Gaza

In the aftermath of Israel’s attacks in al-Mawasi, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa has condemned Israel’s “genocidal crimes” in Gaza, saying Palestinians are “going through a very difficult stage”.

Mustafa said Israel’s actions were targeting the Palestinian project as a whole, including Palestinians’ bid for statehood and independence.

Speaking during a visit to the West Bank city of Nablus, the prime minister said Palestinians would not stop pursuing the goal of “ending the occupation and establishing our independent state with Jerusalem as its capital”.


Qatar condemns ‘horrific Israeli massacre of displaced people in Gaza’

Qatar has said it considers the attack “a brutal and shocking massacre, and a new incident to be added to the ongoing series of occupation crimes against the Palestinian people and all of humanity”.

In a statement, Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that “the repetition of the heinous crimes proves day after day the need for urgent international action to immediately end this brutal aggression and provide protection for the Palestinian people”.

It also warned that Israel’s “recklessness” will undermine international efforts aimed at implementing the two-state solution, “and thus pave the way for the expansion of the cycle of violence in the region and the threat to international peace and security”.

The ministry also said that Qatar’s position is firm when it comes to securing justice for Palestinians and their legitimate rights, including the establishment of their independent state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.