[Ma'an] Member of the PLO Executive Committee and caretaker negotiations chief Saeb Erekat
...negotiated the Oslo Accords with Israel. He has been chief Paleostinian negotiator since 1995. He is currently negotiating with Israel to establish a de jure Paleostinian state...
issued a statement Friday, saying he "emphatically condemns the systematic Israeli escalation and brutal military attacks against the civilian Paleostinian population in the besieged Gazoo Strip."
| Getting cause and effect backwards again. |
In the statement, Erekat called on Paleostinian factions to "deny the occupying Power any pretext for launching more attacks," and announced his support for the earlier agreed on ceasefire in an effort to maintain calm in the border region.
| Hope this one goes better than that little six-hour hudna of last Thursday night. |
"It is now time for the international community to intervene and prevent another round of merciless and illegitimate military escalation against Paleostinian civilians," Erekat said, as the corpse count reached 17 since Thursday afternoon, and Friday was declared the most violent day since Israel launched its Operation Cast Lead in the winter of 2008-9.
| Hamas hit a school bus with a guided anti-tank missile. One can understand why the Israelis might consider that crossing the line. |
"The Gazoo Strip is an integral part of the occupied Paleostinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.
| Israel left Gaza in 2005, so once can't exactly call it occupied. And Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1967. |
Israel, as an occupying Power, remains obliged by the responsibilities outlined in international law to safeguard the lives and safety of the Paleostinian population.
We call on the international community to assume its responsibilities in ensuring that Israel respects those responsibilities by ending the illegal siege and ceasing all military attacks." |