“We remain troubled that Israel continues this pattern of provocative and counterproductive action, which raises serious questions about Israel’s ultimate commitment to a peaceful, negotiated settlement with the Palestinians”. In 2015, he campaigned to have Israel suspended from Federation Internationale de Football Association because, he claimed, Israel was restricting the movement of Palestinian Arab players.
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Qaraqe added that the Palestinian prisoners said they were dependent on the Ma’an TV channel for their main source of news on Palestine and deeply resented the IPS officials’ decision.
Hamas and Fatah agreed last month to hold municipal elections in both Gaza and the West Bank in October, for the first time in 11 years.
During the same period, about 200 Palestinians have been killed.
“Nobody in Israel views Gilo as a settlement, but once the administration demands a freeze in Gilo, then no Palestinian leader can demand anything less”, he said.
The administration deplored reports of Israel’s plans to build 322 East Jerusalem settlement units in Gilo, in addition to the 770 previously announced.
It later annexed east Jerusalem, which Palestinians view as their future capital. Peace Now, which opposes settlements, said the tenders were for homes that were offered in the past and never taken up.
“We had to accept it on a “bird in the hand” basis because there was no cash”, she said. According to Erekat, the global community, especially Russian Federation and the USA, are preoccupied with Syria and Iraq. Separately, four more Palestinians were arrested in areas across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, overnight on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society.
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Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday morning, the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs, wounding two Palestinians, while many others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
