The Palestinian Ambassador in Nigeria, Abdullahi Abu Shawesh, has condemned the United States continued support for Israel’s genocidal acts in Gaza.
Abu Shawesh, condemned the US for its unrelenting support for Israel’s massacre of the Palestinians people during a Press conference in Abuja, the Nigerian Capital.
“The US vetoed a Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire of Israeli war against the Palestinian people. This marks the third time the US has vetoed such a resolution, the US is insisting on implementing jungle law that will spare no one.
The Palestinian Presidency condemned the US move, accusing it of giving additional green light to Israel to continue its genocidal war”.
The Ambassador said the Biden administration is preparing to send bombs and other weapons to Israel that would add to its military arsenal.
“According to current and former U.S. officials,the proposed arms delivery includes roughly a thousand bombs.
The arms are estimated to be worth millions of dollars, if this is not complicity then what is the complicity?”
This policy makes the United States a partner in the crime of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinians in Gaza Strip and West Bank, including Jerusalem,” he explained.
On Occupied Gaza Strip
The Ambassador said about Seventeen thousand children have been completely orphaned having no known relatives around them.
“The number of martyrs has risen to twenty nine thousand four hundred and ten and sixty nine thousand four hundred and sixty five wounded since the start of the aggression on the Gaza Strip since Octobe 7 last year.
Thousands of victims are still under rubble and on the roads, as the occupation Army prevents ambulances from reaching them.
As part of its war on the basic necessities of life, the Israeli occupation has completely destroyed water pipes, wells, and water tanks, and has also destroyed about one million square meters of roads.”
According to the envoy, thousands of Palestinians are in Israeli prisons including women and vulnerable children for no specific crime.
“More than nine thousand Palestinians detainees in Israeli prisons have been subjected to unprecedented retaliatory and punitive measures since October 7th “ Abu Shawesh lamented.
Calling On The International Committee
Abu Shawesh has called on the International Committee on the Red Cross (ICRC) to uphold its mandated duties in accordance with international law and visit Israeli prisons and detention centers to verify the inhumane and miserable situation that prisoners are subjected to.
“Today, there are more than seven hundred military checkpoints, gates, and dirt barriers that, among other issues, have led to a decline in economic activities and revenues. To add insult to the situation Israel is still withholding the Palestinian clearance fund for the fourth month in a row, which makes the Palestinian Government short of paying salaries and other necessary payments to normal daily life of the Palestinian people,” he explained.
In his speech during the AU summit in Addis Ababa on Saturday, February 17, Palestinian Prime Mohammad Shtayyeh said, “let your voice be loud to stop the Israeli and colonies. the African Union (AU) was right when it prevented Israel from being an observer State in the Union, and prevented the infiltration of its representatives into this forum last year”.
Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA said, “once the war is over, we need a board of inquiry, we need to look at all the situations where UN premises have been blatantly disrespected.
Since the beginning of the war, more than one hundred and fifty of our installations have been hit. We know that some installations have been completely destroyed. Hundreds of people have been killed, thousands have been injured, and all this needs to be investigated independently.”
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