RAMALLAH, August 21, 2011 (WAFA) – Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh condemned on Sunday the Israeli escalations against the Palestinians, including the air strikes on the Gaza Strip and the mass arrests and raids in the West Bank, especially in East Jerusalem.
In a press release, Abu Rudeineh described the mass arrests of 120 Palestinians in the West Bank, the ongoing air strikes in Gaza and the excessive harassment campaign against Muslim worshippers in East Jerusalem as 'the tip of the iceberg' of the Israeli government's collective punishment policy against the Palestinians.
'It [the collective punishment policy] will not intimidate us and will not deter us from continuing our path and our just struggle to restore our nation's inalienable and legitimate rights,' he added.
Abu Rudeineh called on the international community and its institutions, especially the United Nations, to immediately intervene to stop the Israeli open massacre against innocents in Gaza and the crimes in the West Bank.
The Israeli military operation in the West Bank and air strikes on the Gaza Strip, that have killed dozens of Palestinians since Thursday, followed an armed attack in southern Israel on August 18 that left eight Israelis dead.WAFA
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