Negotiations give a cover for the killing of Palestinians

Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouthi said that Israeli killing crimes against the Palestinians have been escalated since the peace talks started.

40 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since it resumes its negotiations with the Palestinian authority most recently.

Commenting on the recent Israeli killing of Moataz Washha in Birzeit, he said that the Israeli occupation exploits the ongoing negotiations in order to expand settlements and escalate its repression and assaults against the Palestinian people.

He pointed out that Moataz was killed in a cold-blooded crime committed by Israeli forces, considering it an execution with malice aforethought.

Barghouthi called for holding Israeli occupation accountable in International Criminal Court for its continued crimes against Palestinian people under negotiations’ cover.