Parliamentarian and PNI leader Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi today condemned the killing of 4 Palestinians, including 2 civilians, by Israel in 3 separate attacks on Abasan, East of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip early this morning. He added that coming after last week's meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, hailed by Israel and the international community as a 'step towards peace', the killings further demonstrated Israel's lack of commitment to ending its occupation.

The Palestinian National Initiative (PNI) leader, Dr Mustafa Barghouthi, on Tuesday condemned the "ugly crimes committed by the Israeli forces in the Palestinian territories."

The separate killings of a Palestinian-Israeli child and a Palestinian farmer are yet further proof of the institutionalised culture of impunity prevailing within the Israeli military allowing its soldiers to kill with immunity, said Palestinian National Initiative leader Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP today.