The Palestinian Authority asks the UN and the US for dissuasive measures against Israel for crimes against Palestinians

Jan. 20 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Palestinian Authority has asked the United Nations and the United States on Thursday for dissuasive measures in the face of Israel’s policies for crimes against Palestinians, coinciding with an escalation of tensions in the region.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas has called on US National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan, who is in the region, to intervene “before it is too late to stop the actions of the extremist occupation government,” in reference to Israel.

Abbas has warned “of the danger of Israeli actions and their consequences”: “The Israeli occupation government is committing violations such as the intensification of the settlement, the daily assassinations, and the raiding of Palestinian towns and villages,” he accused.

“He stressed that we will not continually accept these Israeli crimes, we will fight against them and defend the rights of our people, our land and our sanctity,” reads a statement from the Presidency.

For his part, Sullivan has reaffirmed the US Administration’s interest in deepening ties with the Palestinian people. “They discussed US support for peace, preserving the path toward two-state negotiations and advancing security and freedom measures for Israelis and Palestinians,” reads a White House statement.

Sullivan has also conveyed to Abbas the “need for Palestinian leaders to help reduce tensions in the West Bank and strengthen Palestinian institutions.”

APPEAL TO THE UN

The Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad Al Maliki, has called on the United Nations to go a step beyond international condemnation and take “practical dissuasive measures” in order to “force” Israel to comply with the resolutions. international.

Al Maliki has criticized the “bloody start to the year”, indicating that the “current Israeli government has wasted no efforts to put its hostile agenda into practice, through the policies of annexation, colonial settlement and the bloody raids that its forces carry out almost daily”.

According to a statement from the Palestinian ministerial portfolio, the Israeli authorities “are taking advantage of international double standards to implement their colonial agendas and undermine any chance of achieving peace.”

The UN warned that “the dangerous cycle of violence” between Israelis and Palestinians is causing a “devastating” number of deaths and stressed that “violence must end.”

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, stated that “at the start of a new year, the dangerous cycle of violence on the ground persists, amid rising political tensions and a deadlock in the peace process”.