Ramallah - Ma‘an - Information minister, Dr Mustafa Barghouthi, condemned the Israeli soldiers‘ assault of Palestinian citizen, 19 year old Mohammad Jabali, at Huwwara barrier.
In a statement issued by the minister he said ‘what the cameras showed when the soldiers assaulted the man is part of a series of assaults reflecting the worst and most ugly acts which Palestinian citizens‘ face at the hands of Israeli soldiers at the barriers‘.
Barghouthi added that there are 528 fixed checkpoints in the West Bank and 455 temporary barriers, he pointed out that 61 women were forced to give birth at these barriers because they couldn’t reach the hospitals. 36 of the babies born at these barriers died.
Barghouthi stated that this is against international agreements and the fourth Geneva Convention, in addition to international humanitarian law.
Barghouthi called on the international community to immediately intervene to stop the Israeli attacks and cease the ‘apartheid policy‘ against Palestinians.