Sun 07 August 2022:
Husam Zomlot, Palestine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has said Israel’s pre-emptive attack on Gaza is a “war crime” and that pro-Israel statements from countries like the US and UK were giving Tel Aviv the “green light” to continue its attack in the besieged coastal strip.
“You base your entire bombardment of an entire city that is Gaza … that is besieged for the last 16 years by air, besieged by land, besieged by sea – and you attack them every once in a while under the pretext of information. This is a very well defined war crime,” he told Al Jazeera from Ramallah.
“Under international law, the only people who have rights here are the occupied people. They have the right to defend themselves, their families and to defend their land. Therefore, this whole talk of Israel’s right to self defense – to defend itself as per the US statements the UK statements, some Western country’s statement – is simply giving Israel … a green light to continue its murderous policies, to continue its war crimes.”
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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