Arab League condemns Israel’s ‘systematic aggression’ against Palestinians

Cairo: The Arab League (AL) has condemned the “widespread and systematic aggression” taking place in Jenin and other parts of the occupied Palestinian territories, the Cairo-based pan-Arab organization said in a statement.

The AL on Wednesday denounced Israel’s massive security campaign for days, which included unprecedented incursions, arrests and home demolitions against Palestinians, Xinhua news agency reported.

He described the ongoing Israeli military operations as an “open war against the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem”, holding the Israeli government fully and directly responsible for its repercussions.

The pan-Arab organization urged all countries and international bodies and organizations to take urgent and responsible action to pressure Israel to immediately cease aggression against the Palestinians and provide them with “international protection”.

The recent Israeli raids in Jenin, which killed several Palestinians, came in response to last week’s attack by a Palestinian gunman who killed three people on one of the streets in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv .

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said after the attack that there would be “no limits to this war”, granting “full freedom” to the Israeli army and security forces to deal with the Palestinians.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been going on for decades, following the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and the founding of Israel as a state in 1948.

The Palestinians seek to establish their own independent state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the UN-backed two-state solution.